path of life

You set me on a path of life –

though much of it winds through parched wastelands.

Yet even here are streams to water the way:

Sparkling, clear creeks clatter over smooth stones.

….. And in the solitude of mystic wanderings

Your voice whispers to me,

soft, faint and gentle.

You speak of comings storms and raging fires,

but in all this flows peace.

Peace: irrational, unfathomable, and

unmistakeable.

(1 Kings 19:11-13, Psalm 16: 11, Isaiah 32: 2, Luke 1: 79, Luke 5: 16, Philippians 4: 7)

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