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Congregationalists Learning to Pray

Hi God,

The reading I did today,
which may or may not be the correct one,
some issues with time scales here,
said we were to contemplate “joy”.
As a depressive, I’m not
completely sure I know what joy is.
However, I do appreciate blessings,
so, I’ll think about
some of this morning’s blessings.

It really helps to have a beautiful morning
when you’re thinking about blessings.
Cold and dank doesn’t generally cut it.
But this morning, because of the time change,
the sun wasn’t so far up
when Brewster and I headed out.
So we had that miracle known as Rayleigh scattering
provide a golden glow to the trees,
many of which had ice coatings.
Thus, we got golden halos on the trees,
or something like that.

Then we were blessed by a cardinal,
he was high in a tree,
having a fine time singing,
allowing the rising sun to
enhance his already bright plumage.

And it’s got to be a blessing
to have the sun do half of the work
required to clear off my back steps.
Yup, solar heating is indeed a blessing.

Later on, I expect, I’ll feel blessed
that my grandpuppy is coming for a visit.
She, Brewster and I will haunt the neighborhood
to see if any new sights or smells
have materialized since our last haunting
a few days ago.

I dunno, dogs take such joy in simple things.
I think there might be a lesson in that for me.
I think I may have already expressed
that thought a time or two.
I hope you don’t mind repetition.

So I guess my prayer today
is to thank you for providing
simple things in which we can take joy.
Please remind us, even us glass-half-empty types,
to stop to appreciate those simple things.

Also, please have mercy on my soul,
sinner that I am.

Amen