Me

Letter 4560

Me — purple linocut illustration

Who am I, to imagine a fresh world and new mountains?

Who am I, to think healing could come to pass?

Who am I, to wish for peace to find my neighbors?

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A small voice, alone in a small room, in a small dwelling on a mountainside. My quiet devotion is my own, as I gather my prayers and lay them at your feet. When I think of what could happen I tremble before the responsibility.

If you are listening, Lord, let me take care with my words. Small thoughts, heard aright, can grow to great things.


Consider:

Can I be painstaking in my devotions today?


Reading:

❖ “No coward soul is mine, / No trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere;” — Emily Brontë, Last Lines

❖ “Having no light nor guide / Excepting that which burned within my heart,” — John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul

❖ “Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.” — James 3:5 (KJV)


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~B.R.