Weekly Inspiration (4/26/23)

Quote of the Week

“God looks over this broken and scarred world – and over the broken and scarred people who inhabit it – and reclaims it, and them, with love. God sees what we so often cannot see: the hidden beauty and the glorious purpose of every thing God has made, and God reclaims it and sets about to renew and restore it, and bring it back to life. That is God’s work.” 

-Br. David Vryhof
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

For the empty wall, the blank time,
the long line, the useless meeting,
the dreary chore—oh, worst of all,
the boring worship service—

Beloved, I ask your blessing.
I do not ask to be entertained,
but reminded always of your unseen presence,
your deep, lovely silence, 
your comfortable arms holding me close to you,
in all that is boring, 
in deep peace in all that is mundane.

I seek your holy stillness,
nothing more than
the thrill of your Spirit 
breathing in and out of me. 

Amen.

- by Steve Garnaas-Holmes