And Refresh: Grace in the Wilderness: Prayers and Poetry

                                               And Refresh

                                                Weariness

                                                collapses mind

                                                heart and soul into a

                                                wasteland of sorrow

                                                blind even to loving

                                                support, strength

                                                carrying us in

                                                faithful presence.

                                                Words sustain

                                                begin to hope again

                                                see glimpses of light

                                                breaking our weakness.

                                                Sips of faith

                                                trickle into memories

                                                and refresh again

                                                awakening sight.

Romans 8:25, “But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.”