a reflection on Deuteronomy 16:1-11
When you’ve been in the wilderness
that place where the flame
that burns within you is just enough
to illumine your steps
and stars constellate the inky black sky
and all around you is the swirling mystery of genesis
it is here that you may rest
and realize that the place you’re in
is not the same as the place you once were
– that desolate and lost place of dry bones
here is wilder and stranger
than you could ever have imagined
and the Breath that spins the velvet night
is the same Breath that hovered over
the waters before time began
and then in the desolate place
whispered promises of returning
and still fills your lungs now
dwelling within you
fanning the flame of the Image
that you bear
and here
you may build an altar
and share your flame
as an offering
back to the One
who is evergreen
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