neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night

the rain falls
it is a hollow sound, filled with joy
i don't know how it sounds of joy
an emotion, a state of being, a whim?
but joy, it sounds

it lightnings
illuminating show for all the world to see
where do the lights come from? we wonder
electricity
friction
the flow of energy
back and forth, back and forth

the reason
the reason we live and breathe and wonder and create and are
the reason for it all
the reason we long and pine and seek and find
the reason for it all

in the seeking comes the finding
now faith is the assurance of things hoped for
the assurance of things not seen

what is it i have yet to see? it will come
am i brave enough to hope?

be still and know.



" The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deephunger meet." -Frederick Buechner