Recollector, who promised Abraham descendants as numerous as the stars and the sand, stuck in the middle of posterity, descendants become ancestors, numerous become nameless, today becomes yesterday; as we tread the next step send the named ones to surround us. Amen.
Monthly Archives: November 2020
O that you would tear open the heavens and come down. – Isaiah 64:1
Traveler, who without we are wanting, make your absence presence; come down, show up, blow through, be along, for, once again, we act alone. Amen.
Is there a thing of which it is said, “See this is new?” – Ecclesiastes 1:10
Maker of all things new, does finishing the work of creation on the seventh day mean nothing thereafter is new? Or, does the Teacher mean: though the spectacle changes, human's need for spectacle remains nothing new? Silly, hypothetical questions aside, some folks, creators of the wacky and the weird, give two and two together away as if the sum were five. Give us an abacus for truth. Amen.
“All words are wearisome; more than one can express.” Ecclesiastes 1:8
Word, words weary today and yesterday I awoke just fine. While the world whirls in babble give me one sentence with subject and predicate with a direct object and especially an indirect object that receives those kind words. Amen.
Divide your means seven ways, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may happen on earth. – Ecclesiastes 11:2
God, who divides Creation into infinite complexity, we have put all our eggs into the baskets of stubbornness, selfishness, hatred, arrogance, delusion, greed and violence. Weave us another basket, a basket full of anointing oil so we can once again cry out, "For unto all a child is born!" Amen.
“Whoever observes the wind will not sow; and whoever regards the clouds will not reap.” – Ecclesiastes 11:4
Worker of Wonders and Wonder, who moves as wind through Chaos and who fills the skies with cloud-shapes, we lie awake in torment guessing with thought, Will the coming day be a day for sowing or a day for reaping? Make whatever work we choose be fruitful and may we have fruit as the wind whispers and the clouds roll. Amen.
“Wisdom is better than weapons of war.” – Ecclesiastes 9:18
Word of Wisdom, inspire insight ignite intelligence in the war of wise words for Folly stands at the podium again with the sweat of black death rolling down his cheek. Amen.
“God made us. We belong to God.” – Psalm 100:3
God of the Infinite, "Variety is the spice of life" yet how often do we replace "we" with "me"? Make us anew so that I once more belong with others and, with others, belong to You. Amen.
Moses would put the veil on his face again – Exodus 34:35
Countless-Faced One, who speaks to us through Moses, whose face shining bright with holy knowledge makes the people afraid, remove the masks that enshroud our hearts from love; place them as veils, as masks, over our lips to protect all others from our cruel words and thoughtless deeds. Amen.
“Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do.” – Ecclesiastes 9:7
God, who sets the table before us, move the heavy-laden from our minds move the care-laden from our hearts, create a feast of bread and wine to share with those we cannot touch. Amen.
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