A prayer to invite God into everything...
give You this day
come Lord Jesus
into my focus
into my awareness
into my sensibilities
my fears
my ability to love
my resolve to act
come Lord Jesus
into my pace
my breathing
into my mind
sharpen it
into my decisions
guide them surely
into my body
tune it
into my perception
attune it
into my eyes
brighten them
into my my conversations
season them
into my faith
make it solid
into my senses
make them vibrant
into my center
make it hold
into my affections
make them true
into my attention
steer it
let me sense
You breathing inside of me
let me submit
to Your guidance system
let me respond
fluidly
to Your spark of inspiration
let me live this day
animated by You
quickened by You
given fresh oxygen from You
for I am Yours
willingly
joyfully
and
with a great exhale
i give You this day
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
back again
the birch tree in the backyard
was a branchless
skeletal white trunk
just a few short summers ago
written off for dead.
yet here it is!
bursting, re-thriving
green fireworks erupting
wildly resurrected for yet another year
the green fuse of life
re-routes itself
reconfiguring
forging new pathways to the light...
the reports of its demise
were greatly exaggerated
was a branchless
skeletal white trunk
just a few short summers ago
written off for dead.
yet here it is!
bursting, re-thriving
green fireworks erupting
wildly resurrected for yet another year
the green fuse of life
re-routes itself
reconfiguring
forging new pathways to the light...
the reports of its demise
were greatly exaggerated
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