Monday Morning Offering: 2/7

Coffee in the Morning by George Mendoza

 

Good morning, good God! 

I noticed the other day 

that the sun is setting later

and the days are getting longer...

I did some checking and found that

after the winter solstice on 12/21

the sun sets 2 minutes and 7 second later

every day...

So that means that sunset today

will be an hour and forty minutes later

than back just before Christmas...

An hour and forty minute difference

that I only noticed a few days ago

and as you know, Lord,

I'm looking for, longing for spring time,

even now in early February...

But I hadn't noticed the change

as it took its time in coming, as it waited 

on the harmony of the spheres 

to yield a longer day...

 

So, I'm wondering, Lord,

in how many other ways, times and places

do you take your time in making changes

in the world, in the church, in my family - in me?

How often do I miss the momentum

of your mending our brokenness,

restoring our integrity,

healing our wounds,

reconciling opposites, 

calming our fears,

showing us the way,

relieving our suffering,

resolving our distress,

restoring creation, 

making peace

sometimes, even often,

2 minutes and 7 seconds at a time...

I offer you this morning, Lord:

my desire to see more clearly

how, minute by minute and second by second,

your Spirit is always moving among us,

changing the world for the better

and changing my life, slowly but surely,

in ways I may often miss until I notice

the darkness receding,

the days getting longer

and spring coming closer every day,

minute by minute and second by second...

 

Amen.

  

 

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