stretch

I have waited for Spring

steady light spreading

days long, bright

snow chased away

when rains fall hard

cold retreats

yet as my bones

thaw, parts of me

remain hard, frozen

creativity stiff, ice crusted

words, like tender 

muscles need to 

stretch slow, steady

so I shall begin

training, a writing fitness

routine, day by day

making myself accountable

to Him, and to others

spirits in community of warm

I ache for the melting

Beginning on the 1st of May 

I will join Sandra Heska King and others

working our way through Dave Harrity's book

Making Manifest

On Faith, Creativity and the Kingdom at Hand

 

Mid March happy

I don't care
that it is only March
that this is Manitoba
and snows can return
full force and fierce
turning the land back to winter
in April and May

For today
I will rejoice in the thaw
the promise of Spring
the scent of melting carried
by the warm, howling winds

Lifting my hands to dance
as the sun streams
hot on my bare feet

This is all His design
as I am His
as He Is mine

mid-March happy
drunk on His love

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he browses among the lilies. Song of Songs 6:3 NIV



Joining Jennifer in noticing the God-Bumps today...