A gift everyday
To find we’re alive
When we awake
And open our eyes
Up out of bed
The kitchen we find
With a cup of coffee
We awaken our mind
Time to clean up
With a shower begin
With soap and hot water
We awaken our skin
We’re ready to go
The world now to face
But we forgot
This thought to embrace
A time to pause
And give up control
With intentional purpose
To awaken the soul
To soak in the sunrise
Or dwell in the Word
A prayer of the stilling
The Spirit be heard
Into great Presence
In here of above
Bringing my fear
To Your ocean of love
Into great peace
Of comfort revealing
Bring my suffering
To Your great healing
Into great wisdom
The gift of insight
Through Word of scripture
To Your holy light
Into the great banquet
Of Your living bread
Bringing my hunger
To You to be fed
Dependent on a being
One that I can’t see
Connection through the soul
That He is loving me
Guided by a Spirit
That the ear can’t hear
A knowing in the soul
That He is dwelling near
Hope within a faith
Of not completely known
Through insights of the soul
The precious way is shown
Wisdom in the Word
Of seed that scripture sends
The promise for the soul
Of One that never ends
In time before dawning
Just shades of gray here
Through blessing of light
The colors appear
A sacred vision
Of wisdom to see
From human senses
To grow spiritually
Beyond mortal beings
A free gift of the will
Is offered to all
Our soul to fulfil
So come into the light
And claim the great prize
Of treasures above
To see with new eyes
A gift of the morning
Of a blessing here
Ascending into
A cloud of prayer
Truth here before us
How little we see
So much of our life
Is a mystery
An offer so great
Assistance God sends
Of the Holy Spirit
As our guiding friend
So, open our view
Of vision so great
Through eyes of the soul
To contemplate
All throughout the scriptures
Jesus to us mentored
The excluded and poor
He places at the center
Encountering these souls
A treasure to pursue
Children of the kingdom
Ones, closer than you
For they’ve something
To teach you this day
And to bless you
In a new way
A spiritual wealth
Of a new dimension
Let us be vulnerable
Without condescension
If we are serious
To be His people, true
May they be at the center
Of all our lives too
In native cultures
A different way, seeing
A good education
Is a way of being
A practice of soul
Of simply to be
To just sit and look
When there’s nothing to see
A practice of presence
To be aware
To just sit and listen
When there’s nothing to hear
When lost in the moment
A blessing divine
In losing yourself
It’s yourself that you find
Come outside, my child
Draw deep the morning air
Two sounds fill the silence
Wisdom in its prayer
Drone of distant traffic
Of world that lay ahead
With soft song of a bird
Let my soul be fed
The being of the now
In stillness that abounds
The word that we are loved
Of Spirit that surrounds
Form now the foundation
Through this day to see
Returning to this vision
To re-center me
We spend time
We lose time
We make time
We waste time
We’re on time
We bide time
We do time
Its our time
We track time
We save time
We spare time
We pass time
Our time will come
The time to see
Of how we’ll spend
Eternity
The way the wind blows
Fruit of the seeds
A pasture of vision
Wildflowers and weeds
The way of the world
Of evil and good
The battle beyond
The choice understood
The way of the will
Temptation and Spirit
A call of desire
Each we do hear it
The way of the soul
Of garden to tend
Appealing to God
For His gardener, send
The way of heaven
Of rising above
Of all growth today
Let our way be love
