Sunday Afternoon Poetry: “God of Good Things”

by Lindsey Funtik, Coordinator of Volunteer Ministries, Ashland First United Methodist Church,  Ashland, Ohio.

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You are God of Good Things, 

of autumnal weather

and blueberries

and sculpture;

of libraries

and acceptance

and the specific itch of healing;

of decorated altars

and spouses in homes

and desserts;

of friendship 

and thrilling challenges

and gentle drifting, gentle rising.

You are God of Good Things

which is to say

our gratitude orients us

toward Life,

if we choose.

 

We must choose. 

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Cross-posted from "Reflections on Faith, Words, and The Holiness of Today"