Monday, October 6, 2014

Today’s text

Psalm 23:1-2

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
   He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
   he restores my soul.

Restoration

Everyday I come here,

steam rising from tan

cup, breathing a promise

to awaken my mind

and bring me back

to myself.

Heady fragrance fills

my head, hope awakens,

my chest warm with gentle

flame no science measures

or begins to explain.

Hope, yes, but already

real, not far away,

awakened by something

deeper than the morning cup.

It is you, again, known, in

this mysterious knowing I

shall never understand,

warm within, touching

eyes with gentle tears to

see clearly and feel life 

awakened by something

more than rich brew.

Restoring souls is your

business, awakening again

the life that is lost in living that

living we may be, and not me

alone but we, the we, in which

so much of you … lives.

Pr.  David L. Miller