A Thousand Little Moments

 

I fail and I fall.

"Yes, Father, it's me, again."

My prayers and tears reach Your heart with plaintiff sighs.

 

I reach for Love, as a baby grasps the finger,

Securing You to my heart,

Binding You by trifles.

A thousand little moments, like a knitter's weave,

Trivial triumphs conquering like souls,

For made in Your image, I desire only You.

 

Of wooing, my begging be a part.

I turn, my God, to You, as a prayer with every care.

Prayer and tears, now, all one,

I nestle to Your breast and am all ear.

 

I listen as beat upon beat,

Love’s rhythm reassures me of the next,

And, of Your eternal constancy.

I listen, as for a whisper, and fear not

Whisper every care, and fretful prayer.

 

I reach for You with every breath,

And sigh when You draw nigh.

You answer with a mother's warmth,

Bending low, picking me up, and pressing me

To Your consoling bosom.

 

"What is it my child. Am I not here? Haven't I given you all?"

You kiss away my tears

And delight in the exchange.

I have given nothing but complaint,

Yet, You are full of smiles.

 

A thousand little moments knit our day.

I cry and You comfort.

I beckon and You bend in kind regard.

You draw me into that chamber,

In which I was formed,

That hallowed space,

In which my time began.

 

Heaven and rest contained

In one all holy Name.

Name me, my God,

And I will come into being,

Called forth from my darkness

Into Your marvelous Day.

 

All our moments measured by Your mercy,

I cry out for a heart made unto Your own,

That I may grow to give Your Love.

Love begetting love, for love alone.