I wrote this probably too hastily yet for verse I hope it is acceptable (receivable).  If you have prayers and/or good thoughts to offer, I’d like to ask them for my friend who’s having his eye operated on today.  Thank you so much.


heal my friend

Monday

my friend has an operation in
a few hours

it’s on an eye
and so
will not be easy or simple
at all

as in a week or so I’ll have a procedure
that is simple replacement of
an implanted device
been
gone through
once by me
and so many times through the people with whom
I consult

his operation’s hard as
well as complex
many stages to go through
and
then an uneasy time of recovery after
all goes well
that is
the hope
of course

if all were an eye
you know
and thankfully it’s not
we’re
not

but that is metaphor for Christian duty
while his
the actual need
for sight

God help him
keep him
guide the hands that serve him
and
frankly
like asking for my niece because I don’t your will
precisely
so please heal her

please heal my friend

in
part out of
plain direct
praying

shall we ask for what’s clear and toned by
careful notes and leave
the gray notes
out
gathered by the single one who with angels
serving
knows rightly
how to play
well
everything
every song for every purpose
under
heaven

c l couch


1 Corinthians 12:17
“If all were an an eye, where would the sense of hearing be?”

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