in waiting
waiting as in stillness plus
waiting as in serving
stillness
and serving
the God beside us
in waiting
is waiting
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Revelation 3:20
Revelation 21:5
photo by Yucel Moran on Unsplash
(x = space)
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Be, My Soul
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Be still
(imperative
second-person subject
that is
you)
This
That doesn’t mean
Don’t move
As much as to quiet
Everything
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The rush of blood
The frantic function of our organs
The ragged parts of breath
Meaning
The ragged parts of spirit
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Smooth out everything
For a time
And in that time
Hear
More than ears
What God might say
Or you and God
To each other
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“Be Still, My Soul,” a hymn by Kathrina von Schlegel (1855)
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Psalm 46
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Photo by Felix Mittermeier on Unsplash
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Hello, Kitty
(an image of a tiger)
Isn’t he amazing?
I say he because the caption says so
I have no trouble believing that
The female is amazing
He sits among the roots and shadow
Of the tree
Resting or waiting? Is he
Hungry or in love or meditative?
Is he tired?
What will happen next?
What happened?
I think he lay there for a long while,
A study in stillness
He stayed until he decided
What he wanted next
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A young male tiger rests in the roots of a banyan tree, in Ranthambhore national park, India. Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Save Wild Tigers/Eye On Tiger
appearing in The Guardian Green Light
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