Found here are my treasures
Offered now to You
One of great abundance
Receive, is all to do
Found now is my love
Surrounding you in grace
Blessed without conditions
Fall in my embrace
Where and when a question
I am is the Word clear
Deep within your being
Closer than you here
Both are we in seeking
Desire of your heart
Let me find you now
Let our prayer now start
You take me to the place
The one in which to be
One of heavens dwelling
Shone through Your body
One of blessed light
Word of only love
Free within the being
Drifting in above
One of soul arising
Body drift away
Spirit of transforming
Born of cross, pathway
Spirit of indwelling
Path of new direction
Bringing in encounters
The light of this connection
A cross of the signing
An entering into
Divinity of knowing
As inner room is the view
A gesture of the many
Recalling, joining in
Of sacrifice of Savior
That frees us from our sin
A binding into love
Of the trinity
Father, Son and Spirit
Seeking, drawing me
Calling to the Spirit
Baptism laid the way
Freedom of surrender
Through me may You pray
Presence of surrounding
Beyond the dwelling place
One of love unbounding
Filled with precious grace
Thought within a moment
Of breathing in Your light
Letting go of known
A prayer for new insight
Lungs process the air
Light let soul ingest
Filling of the void
Through love, Your child blessed
Exhale worries hoard
Making room to breathe
Freeing of the me
To my God concede
Emptying the inside
Filling of the light
Warming of the heart
Shining the soul bright
Focus of the now
Your light of which indwells
Overflowing grace
Through acts of love expel
A pause of gratitude
To thank you for the light
Bringing gift of day
Awakening from night
Let me just receive
Of the warming flow
Absorbing of the Spirit
Casts the soul a glow
Feeling from afar
Stirs within the deep
Something of connection
Hope within its keep
Binding of one body
As free for us all
Reflect with inner beauty
The message of the call
Winters scene is stilling
Whispering soul’s peace
Calling heart to join
Cares now to release
Pause here of fulfillment
Creators plan in place
Song of wordless prayer
In spirit of embrace
Solitude of beauty
Grace blankets the scene
Purest white of cover
Movement so serene
Silence of the gifting
Receiver blessed above
Found beyond oneself
A word of only love
A pasture of pure white
Is laid in morning clear
Creation stills its living
To partake in what’s appeared
Beauty of the changing
No longer death of brown
Hope in lights reflecting
Gift that’s been laid down
Renewal of a question
Of mercy that I need
A truth that has been offered
If my will concedes
A visual symbolic
Won by a field of blood
Touched by breath of Spirit
A longing, bonding floods
In guilt of my drab sin
Of winters cold embrace
Oh Jesus bless me pure
Your covering of grace
Desire for Your mercy
Give life to frozen heart
Robe divine in blessing
My only hope impart
Let joy be in the scene
Hope arise in You
You’ve covered all in love
Making all things new
Sit with me and gaze upon
Beauty falling from up high
Dwell within the grand design
Questions ponder, asking why?
Flakes which fill the view entire
Falling from a distance great
Voyage of a gentle touch
The pure descends to clean the slate
All is covered by this grace
The scene is changed in moment still
Silent beauty covers all
Time is paused in winters chill
Who is this God with power great?
Who reaches out to change our view?
Who sent His Son with tenderness
To cover us and make us new
Born above, gift unique
Falls upon this furrowed brow
The frozen melts with touch beyond
Waits upon acceptance now
So sit and dwell upon the scene
So much love to contemplate
Accepting blessings from above
Gratefulness in mercy great
Voices of the holy
Sing from another place
Words within the heart
Echo with Your grace
Hymns of abbeys building
Born of monks insight
Voice of presence joining
Beauty beyond sight
One beyond all time
Flow from side to side
Mix of high and low
With angels song reside
From the depth of soul
To the rafters high
Filling of the need
Of our deepest cry
Coming storm, through rising dawn
Apprehension in the air
Still my soul, love of God
Consumer of my fear
Prepare the way, dally not
On focused tasks attend
Procrastination flee from me
On You I will depend
In moment now, when time has come
Done what I can do
I let go with praying hands
Faith of trust in You
You know my hope, in what I want
I‟ll pray for one thing more
That I’ll rejoice in what’s to be
My soul you will ensure
DarylMadden 