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The sky is still dark

or maybe it has come

and gone again.

this is a vigil,

but not for Easter.

Keeping time is tragic,

so we drift

in and out of sleep

and puffy eyes observe

only the piles of ointment

and death clothes

stacked and weary

near the back door.

 

Maybe you can decorate and bake,

but some of us can only wait

in the silence between

what is already and not yet.

These are holy hours

to consider how far

God is willing to go

for love.

Meta Herrick Carlson – speak it plain, p. 68-69

Prayer

Lord Jesus, you have called me to come and die, that joined to you in the waters of baptism, God might raise me to new life. Help me to believe in the power of your life-giving cross and strengthen me with hope that no matter what I face, you are with me and will bring everything to newness of life. Amen.

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Week Five Devotions by Rev. Erika Uthe, uthe@seiasynod.org