Lauds

From this morning’s Office:

In a desert, pathless, and waterless land: so have I come before Thee in the holy place, that I might see Thy power and Thy glory.

From Psalm 62 — Deus, Deus Meus

This spoke to me as I said it aloud in the quiet room with the dogs snoring and the clock ticking and the crucifix gleaming in the soft light. I am grateful for it, for the words and the Spirit behind the words, for the salmon-tinted dawn roaring up outside in the east, and for the unmapped day ahead. Grateful for all of it.

~ S.K. Orr