Breathing into God – Sept ’26

I am listening in the silence,

the ever pregnant space,

longing for Christ’s presence

to enter me.

And yet knowing he never left.

It is I who have fallen away

my rational separate mind,

breaking the bond of truth;

of God’s benificent gift.

This ever-available shift

to the separate linear ‘me’.

My insatiable appetite,

to consume, waste and pollute,

reducing nature’s bounty

to a disposable resource

to be plundered without thought.

These collective iniquities, now

THE challenge of our time.

I weep into the forgiving silence

broken by the flutter of songbirds,

and the rustle of falling leaves.

Life and death – inevitable;

the cycle of seasons

Jehovah created for us,

His gifts testing our faith.

Can I surrender all to Him

through my breathing and listening?