Monday Morning Offering - 142

Coffee in the Morning by George Mendoza

Good morning, good God!

Were you waiting 'til Easter

to paint this corner of creation

from your springtime palate of April-May hues,

backdropped by trees budding green, brushing 

up to leafy beauty lining arbored streets 

and hiding deep in hidden woods?

Every day's revealing 

just a little more

of what you have in store

as the season wakes, 

stirs, stretches, flexes

and wraps us in your warmth...

O God, I have longed this year

for this week, these days,

these blossoms,

your life's

sap

rising sweetly,

coursing through me

and all around me...

I offer you my thanks

for everything springing to life

and for the promise

of warm, bright days

long enough to stay the moon

until the moon's light, too,

is a welcome end, a nightlight 

for sleeping a summer's eve...

Draw me into this season of your grace,

and nurture your life rising in my heart and limbs,

my mind and soul...

Refresh and renew me, Lord, as you do your world,

and in your kindness let who I am and what I do

be a source of new life

for those whose paths cross mine

this day, this night, this week...

Amen.

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