Reflection for Worship. . .
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1
Welcome Morning
By Anne Sexton
There is joy
in all:
in the hair I brush each morning,
in the Cannon towel, newly washed,
that I rub my body with each morning,
in the chapel of eggs I cook
each morning,
in the outcry from the kettle
that heats my coffee
each morning,
in the spoon and the chair
that cry "hello there, Anne,"
each morning,
in the godhead of the table
that I set my silver, plate, cup upon
each morning.
All this is God,
right here in my pea-green house
each morning
and I mean,
though often forget,
to give thanks,
to faint down by the kitchen table
in a prayer of rejoicing
as the holy birds at the kitchen window
peck into their marriage of seeds.
So while I think of it,
let me paint a thank-you on my palm
for this God, this laughter of the morning,
lest it go unspoken.
The joy that isn't shared, I've heard,
dies young.
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
~ Buddha, Founder of Buddhism (563 BC-483 BC)
"Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
~ Joseph Campbell, American mythologist (1904-1987)
Anne G. Cohen
Also this Sunday
This week’s musical offerings will be from Kim Mendez-McLeish. Welcome back, Kim!!
