Gifts from a Tree

I stand and look up
under your leafy boughs
feeling the safety of your
enveloping green blanket
shading me.

I understand now why
the Robin and Cardinal
choose your branches.
Why the rabbit chooses
the base of your trunk.
To rest.

Your branches
dance in the wind.

The leaves rustle
a song as the wind
plays along their
green silkiness.

As we sit together
my soul's pace slows.
Peace is restored.
I am infused with the
wonder of God's
mysterious wisdom in
creating you and your
unique purpose.

So I look up into
your leafy boughs
and find rest for my soul
and a reminder of my
belovedness as a
creation of God also.

And then I just breathe.

Wondering

What would I gain if I spent time
wondering each day?

To let my soul reconnect
to questions like
why is the sky blue
or
trees green?

To gaze at my finger print
and marvel that
it is the only one in the
whole world like it.

How much deeper would
my whole self connect to You God,
if I would take time to pause
with each wondering
that crossed my mind.
Instead of brushing it off
to keep up with the busy.

I wonder, what is the purpose of wonder.

Perhaps it is another way
for You to slow me down
to say hello
to ask me to spend time
with You God.

Perhaps it is how
I can come to know You
more intimately.

I just wonder.....

Inner Child

You said, "Let the little children come to me."

I wonder when I lost sight
of my own inner child
and silenced her
in the interest of being
"fully adult" and grown up.

When I set her aside, I lost touch with
     Wonder
     Awe
     Simplicity
     Genuine Acceptance

In setting my inner child aside
I have allowed myself to
complicate much
and lose part of my complete self.

You said, "Let the little children come to me."

Today I hear this as a call to
let my own inner child come out to play.

To encourage her to rejoin
my adult self and bring with her
all the wonder, awe, simplicity and acceptance
she has to give me.

And with this I hope I might see fully again.
AMEN.