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Arthur Darby Nock

Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
And only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.

Elizabeth Browning



Monday, July 8, 2019

Original Blessing


“...stooping very low, [God] engraves with care
[the Sacred ]Name, indelible, upon our dust;
And from the ashes of our self-despair,
Kindles a flame of hope and humble trust.
[God} seeks no second site on which to build,
But on the old foundation, stone by stone,
Cementing sad experience with grace,
Fashions a stronger temple of [God’s] own.”
 Patricia St. John
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Earth
and Earth’s inhabitants
are permeated with Sacred

we may be dust
but we are Sacred dust
and that power in which all
live and breathe and have being

claims us
embraces us

coming to us in the profound chaos of life
coming, into the midst of the
ooze and slime and old decay (CS Lewis)

coming down into the midst of our pain
our fear
our hurt

coming down into our hearts
where we lust for power and wealth
where we hate

and touching all of that with its very essence
Love

It is this touch
Palatable at times
Unfelt at others

That kindles hope
And opens up those tiny portals
Where love and trust can enter

It is this presence which heals
Restores
Reconciles
Recreates

Bringing us back to that original blessing

Making new creations out of the rubble
of our failure, and trauma, our “sad experience”

Ah, Holy Spirit
Ah, Sacred Presence

Come

Come as fire, roaring
Come as wind, rushing
Come as love, embrace

Come

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