A WINTER PSALM
As winter yearns for spring,
As a frozen river anticipates thaw, O Lord,
We wait on you,
Longing for release
From this illness, loss,
Isolation, and uncertainty.
Their cold claws tear at us.
Tears form icicles on our faces,
Dreams hang as sundogs in the winter sky.
Our hopes too are icebound.
Will a thaw come?
Healing? Ordinary life?
Will our families, children, jobs, churches survive?
O Lord, open our world like a flower in spring.
Crack the glacier into shards of light.
Help us remember that seasons
Change
Not as a man-made clock,
With jerky, impersonal, preciseness,
Rather with an assuring rhythm,
Gliding smooth and sweet,
Like a trombone changing notes
At the will of the conductor.
O Lord, assure us,
That just as sun, moon, and moods
Of your world obey
Your rhythm,
This too will elapse.
Hear our prayers, O Lord!
Speak warm words
To us through
Your steady heartbeat.
Help us follow and hope in your rhythm,
Even as sunrise follows sunset,
And one season follows another.
We trust in you,
As we listen to the rhythm
Of your heartbeat
Of persistent love,
Careful provision,
In the very nature
Of your created world.
Amen
P.S. This is the prayer I’m praying for you this next week. I will write and publish a new prayer each Thursday.
(-: very nice!
Thank you! Stay warm!
Such beautiful thoughts, Eugene. Praying that the painful condition you are in will be relieved soon. God bless you as you endure this trial. Sending virtual hugs to you and Dee Dee.
Thank you, Judy. I’m feeling better!
lovely poem
Thank you.
lovely words hoope you feel better soon
Thank you and I am feeling better.