October 24, 2013

Today’s text
 

Philippians 4:4-5

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.

Holy joy

Some days are so holy.

Yes, I know all days are holy,

gift and grace.

But today it is all ‘round,

golden leaves fall, covering

the yard, a blanket of color,

the bounty of summer,

giving themselves to the earth

and me, the gift of life for whatever

life will come when earth warms

again to delight my soul

in the new season

Fedora pulled low, shielding

my eyes from the sun still warm

penetrating the soul’s

inner room, painting the patio

cloister gold and blue, as tears

from hidden Source clear the soul’s

vision awakening thanks

for this moment, for the holiness

that surrounds and fills everything

and me.

Thank you for the gold and blue,

but more for eyes and heart awakened

to feel and know … the Love in all things

and me, too. Love that opens eyes

and heart to see and know the Mystery 

of what is right there, present 

every moment,beauty of Love untold, 

grace of the Grace beyond knowing, 

heart awakened by the Love within, 

warming me even more 

than autumn sun.

Pr. David L. Miller

October 23, 2013

Today’s text

Psalm 90 (paraphrase)

You gather those who love You as friends returning from a long journey, giving rest to their souls. You anoint them with the balm of understanding, healing wounds of the past. … Increase the Light within us--O Beloved, hear our prayer.

Home once more

Long we wander, wondering,

doubting if ever we come

to the place Love filled

us, once more to know the

home we do not choose

but which chooses us.

Lost, our souls convinced

moments of heart-full

knowing forever gone

never to be known

once more in sweetness

of tears and faces

glowing, lit within by

Light uncreated

by human hands.

Sun rises, a new day

surprises birthing hope,

You the Lighthouse piercing

dark clouds once more

finding our lostness amid

waves that sicken

the soul, drawing us

home again to know

the Love thought lost amid

the living we must do.

Light finds and shines in

not only on souls once

lost amid the waves,

found and filled; prayer

answered once more, wounds

once bleeding find healing, no,

Healing Light, again finds

them, once more home in

the Love who is this

world’s Heart.

Pr. David L. Miller

October 20, 2013

Today’s text

Psalm 90:1-2

Eternal and Immortal One, You have been our refuge in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, before You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, You are the Alpha and the Omega.

Morning praise

Before star light

startled the ancient

darkness, before light

awakened hope that life

could be, that beauty

should blossom,

Love lived,

Present, unknown

abiding and birthing

all that is that all

that is may know

the Presence of Love

Present always.

Awakened

we know You,

Love who lives

in every love

we know.

Morning comes again

with Mystery within,

Presence of Love

abiding, undeniable,

Spirit beyond my own.

You abide every where,

in all, but known only

by those who love,

known … dearly

as they know

the curve of their

beloved’s cheek.

They … I know

this … Something

Who is no thing but

Thou, Someone

Who is Ever More

than a person, Beyond all

the searching eye can

see, More real

than life’s breath, giving

life beyond breath, eternal

life, the Presence

of Love Immeasurable

simply there, abiding …

within the heart’s

secret room.

Sense? Can this be

sense at all? Can any

words speak what the

morning heart simply

knows as the gift

of the Giver?

No one can name

You; Alpha and Omega,

not nearly enough.

You are no thing; You

are Love Abiding every

time and place, beyond

all that is, yet held here,

in this soul privileged

to know …

You.

Thank you for this

joy above all others.

Pr. David L. Miller