Monday Morning Offering 5/18

Image: George Mendoza

Good morning, good God! 

I remember last fall, Lord, and

imagining you,

under night's dark cover,
painting the trees in autumn hues...

 

I pictured you with brush in hand,
carefully coloring the leaves, 

one by one,
'til all the trees blazed

in purple, red and gold:

a season's last hurrah...

 

And now you're here for spring, Lord,
coaxing every shade of green 

to bud on every bush and tree, 

in every yard and field:
a new hurrah - an alleluia, 

life refreshed, renewed, restored,

reborn...

 

So while you're here, Lord,
come, I pray:

cajole a springtime in my heart,
a graceful budding in my soul, 

a greening of what's dry and dusty,

thirsty deep within...

 

Let new growth spring to life in me,

to burst old winter's hold

and burgeon now 

with promise unrevealed 

but waiting even now to blossom,
once its time has come...

 

I offer you my heart, Lord,

good God of Monday mornings: 

I want, I need, I pray for

a springtime in my soul...

 

Amen.

 

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