Tuesday, May 21, 2013

give You this day

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 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



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