For the Beauty of This Day

For the Beauty of This Day

May your days be gentle, kind, and full of God’s presence.

God, I want to bottle up the magic of this day,

and sip from it again and again.

I want to savor the taste of it, the beauty of it,

so I won’t – can’t – forget.

How is it, God, that such a day could

unfold so naturally,

and, at the same time, feel orchestrated for perfection?

It’s as if it poured itself into my soul

and became the essential vitamin

I didn’t know I was missing.

It appeared the way wild pansies do, suddenly,

their bright colors spreading

and growing effortlessly

in the hard ground, where nothing else will.

God, thank you

for this day that became for me

a gentle gift, and a heat at ease,

and hope blooming.

Blessed are we with open hands

receiving it gratefully,

carefully storing it away like a tea set,

ready to be poured out again

when friends stop by.

Blessings,

Pastor Amy