Blooming

Isaiah 35:1 – The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.

As we close the week out, Isaiah leaves us with a promise that God will bring renewal to the parched places in our life.  Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie offer a blessing that can help us take hold of this hope.  This is an excerpt from “For Waking up to Life Again” from The Lives We Actually Have.

Blessed are we who need help waking up to

the music; the movement,

and the color of living,

who need help trying on joy for a change.

The wonder of the daffodil,

The mystery and power of the tiniest seed,

cracked open and sprouting new life,

reaching, in its own time, toward the light.

Blooming.

Blessed are we who say, wake me too, God.

Put me where beauty and love can reach me.

I’m ready for something new.

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by Mitzi Myers