Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
a struggle of late (perhaps for a lifetime)
Hope and Help
Wandering
between love of earth
And
of Heaven.
Focused
on one, but forgetting
The
other.
Focused
on the other, and forgetting
The
One.
How
do I find contentment in both?
Earth,
in all its verdant beauty, beckons
Me
to dig in and accept her for all her faults
And
adventures. But my heart gets caught in
The
rain and I run for shelter.
The
shelter I find in visions of Heaven
Where
neither moth nor rust can
Destroy
friendships or treasures. Resolute
To
stay in the shelter, I’m called back.
Called
back to love the Earth and my fellow
Creatures,
cultivating fields of rock and rich
Soil.
Opening my soul to the refinement that
Will
take place in those fields. Looking
Toward the Creator of Heaven, and clinging
To
the Anchor of my soul; my feet digging into
Earthy
dust while my eyes look to the
Heavens,
where Hope and Help come forth.
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