February 17, 2015

Mark 1:35-38

 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, ‘Everyone is searching for you.’ He answered, ‘Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do.’

Into the temple

Gentle chant rises,

reaching for “amen,”

as I wait again for you

to speak, aching …

for you,

for you are the peace

my heart desires

and cannot find.

I follow you into

the dark quiet,

longing to listen

to One who is Life;

sitting with you

in silence, waiting …

to hear echoes of deepest

love, to feel the Presence

of Mystery beyond any

command or control,

Who just is …

there at the heart

of the heart when chatter

of anxious mind falls

away and the soul hears

itself and knows …

it is so much more.

For You are

Abiding Presence within,

formless, hovering, waiting

for us to enter the inner

dwelling, the temple where

you are and are known,

quieting every restlessness,

all tension fading as

we find what the world

of success and failure

cannot give, peace …

passing all understanding,

that comes in the silence

of the deserted place

where we come to hear

and know … you.

Jesus, you left your

quiet place in peace,

knowing this Mystery

whom I can never hold,

yet who is held within

me---not by my choice

or creation--but because

You Are and there is

nothing I can do about it

except to enter the

temple of your dwelling

and know …

what I will never be able

to name.

Pr. David L. Miller