Father, you have loved us; you love us now; you will love us forever. Your love passes knowledge. It is like a warm, sunlit ocean enfolding the tiny islet of my life; I swim in it, but can never reach its limits. I thank you for the depth and length of your love.
-Daily Prayers: A Classic Collection.
When I ponder the magnitude
Of my prayer list and wonder
When Heaven will beckon my call…
As I tune up my attitude
And ponder out yonder
How many answers I’ve seen overall!
I begin to count the multitude
The great overall number
Then realize I can’t count them all…
Because God in His fortitude
Never sleeps, never slumbers
But answers my requests, no matter how tall!
-the walrus
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
-(Alfred) Joyce Kilmer
An Ode to Sameness
It’s a mystery to me…
I wake up happy
And others, grumpy.
So much in common
Differences seemingly nil
Same house, same milieu
Everything the same as you
I try to make everything fit
The same, but don’t you know
It’s a shame, the response to sameness
Differs somewhat, and behold…
What delights one, frustrates another
It pleases you and angers your brother;
And neither can see the other’s side
The brother, the sister, the groom, the bride…
Who can celebrate this diversity
When we only want harmony?
It’s a mystery to me…
-the walrus
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