Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 3/14

Weaving by Astrid Monique

(Today: a poem by William Stafford 
followed by a reflection
designed to help us pause for prayer...)

The Way It Is
There's a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn't change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can't get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding.
You don't ever let go of the thread.

- by William Stafford

Lent is a time for naming
the "thread you follow..."

Most of us lead lives of many threads.
Some are stronger than others,
some are of our own making,
some are woven into the fabric of our being
with or without our permission...

With or without our permission
the Spirit weaves
the thread of God's grace and design
into the cloth of our being, our lives...

God's thread in our lives does not change:
it's pliable yet strong, it hems and mends,
it tucks and tailors, it stitches and sutures...

Lent is a time, a season,
for naming the thread we follow
the thread God sews into our souls...

Lent is a time for finding again
or perhaps discovering for the first time
the thread of God within,
the thread we must hold fast...

The Way It Is
There's a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn't change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can't get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding.
You don't ever let go of the thread.

Lent 2010
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