Monday Morning Offering: OCTOBER 7

Image: George Mendoza

Good morning, good God!

How amazing the human heart, Lord!

It doesn't take up too much room

but oh, what it can hold!

My heart keeps the breadth and depth

of all the love I've known 

and all the love I've shared

and all the harm I've done...

My heart holds the gift of faith,

the grace that makes me one with you

and makes for you a home

within my soul...

My heart knows the stories of my life,

the ones I know so well 

and the ones I've long forgotten...

My heart holds the stories others share with me,

safe-kept for me to carry, easing others' burdens,

lifting up what weighs them down:

what's heavy on my neighbor's heart

rests lighter on my own...

My heart stores secrets told in trust, with confidence

that I will reverence what's been shared

and gently hold and guard the whispered words

entrusted to my care...

My heart fills up with others' sorrows and their tears,

their fears, their worries and concerns:

my heart welcomes in the troubles

others bring and leave at my soul's door...

My heart floods with rivers wept by those

whose pain has crested, overflowing

banks of hurt and loss, pouring forth 

the truth tears freely spill without a trace

of fear or shame...

And my heart swells in making room for joy

that others share: the visit of their blessings

and their laughter's echoes in my soul,

ringing out your grace, anointing me with peace...

If my heart holds all this, Lord, 

then what must your heart carry

in its many chambers,

in all the rooms you've readied 

for our hearts to find a home in you...

If my heart holds such treasures, Lord,

then I can’t imagine all the mercy and the love

that waits for us within the pulsing of your sacred heart,

expanding in eternity to be the home

for every restless soul...

I offer you this morning, Lord,

all those who have a place within my heart

and those who make a place for me in theirs

that we might all be one in you,

in the very heart of love...

Amen.

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