A Blessing for One Who Is Weary
When the path is dark ahead,
the light behind,
and the shadow before you,
still your feet.
The sun finds it no bother
to traverse an entire sky
to find your face.
In the name of God above,
Christ beside,
And the Spirit within you,
Amen
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Poems serve to name what is.
Prayers help us name who God is.
Blessings invite us name our hope.
May these words for sharing nourish your brain and the spirit in private moments and as you share them with loved ones to comfort, mark occasions, and invite us to remember the nonviolent, nonpunishing, unconditionally forgiving image of God reflected in Jesus.
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Listening with you,
Originally published:
The Brain & the Spirit, Chapter 5, A Healing Story, “A Blessing for One Who Is Waiting,” p. 121
Further reading:
Systematic Theology: Theological Anthropology, Pneumatology, Ecclesiology
