Hi God,
When I visited my mother
this past weekend,
jonquil time was almost past.
The sprays of jonquils
along the Mohawk trail
were still in evidence,
but were beginning to fade.
But, I started thinking
about jonquil nature.
They have short lives
but don’t seem much bothered by that.
They keep coming back
year after year, undeterred.
This all made me think
about my own efforts in life.
I seem to do something useful
for a short time,
but then my sprirt and activity wane
and my efforts die out.
My prayer today
is that you help me be like the jonquils.
Although my efforts may wane
after a short period,
I would that they be renewed.
Like the jonquils—who never fail to return,
to try again, so to speak—,
I pray that my efforts to be useful
will also continue to return, undeterred.
Amen