Tag: reeds

The Mystery of Grace

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace–only that it meets us where we are but doesn’t leave us where it found us.

The Pond

I want to go soon and live away by the pond, where I shall hear only the wind whispering among the reeds. It will be success if I shall have left myself behind. But my friends ask what I will do when I get… Continue Reading “The Pond”

Thirst by Mary Oliver

Another morning and I wake with thirst
 for the goodness I do not have. I walk out to the pond and all the way God has
 given us such beautiful lessons. Oh Lord, I was never a quick scholar but sulked
 and hunched over… Continue Reading “Thirst by Mary Oliver”