We are not shy
to raise our hands
and call out your name
to give you thanks for
clear skies,
crystal streams,
chirping birds,
brilliant sunsets,
healthy babies and
happy homes.
We speak of being blessed
and assume that blessings speak to
a void of chaos and a presence calm.
Until we find ourselves
in those terribly difficult moments
conversations
circles
conference rooms
church pews
waiting rooms
court benches
living room couches
until we find ourselves mired down
in the chaos of things
we deeply want but don’t understand
and don’t even know what the next step is
and yet in our fumbling and
in our stumbling to
do justice and
love mercy
and walk humbly,
we suddenly fumble and stumble into
the very face and hands of God.
an apology
a clarity
an honest word
a clear question
a hopeful request
a brave idea
a brilliant imagination
and we see in our willingness to sit together
pray together
break bread together
that God is not absent in
the unknown moments of chaos,
but rather he is present in a very
hair-raising kind of presence.
and so we give thanks
both for the chaos,
and for the work of God in its midst.
djordan
Pine Tree Dr.
most hopeful 