God, in All Things

It was easy to Love God in all that was beautiful

The lessons of deeper knowledge, though,

Instructed me to embrace God

In all things

                                St. Francis of Assisi

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The sun slowly rises

over jagged devils

which outline the horizon

like the teeth of some crazed creature

pale light

multiplies

as it shines on the crystalline peak

which hovers like a protective mother

sheltering

the trees carry the freshly fallen snow like

gifts in the arms of

a shopper laden with the gifts

of love

it is easy O God to see you

in all this

and to love

but give me eyes

that see you too in the pain etched faces

of the ill

the hopeless faces

of those battered by life

the vague and blurry faces

of those controlled by addiction

help me see your presence

in the midst of fear and anger

and remind me that wherever I go

whomever I am with

there

are

YOU

there is

LOVE