Christine and I have been reading from Rilke's Book of Hours to pray together at bedtime. We found this one about a week ago and both loved it so much that we've read it three times since. I connect with it more every time I read/pray it...
...With my half-mouth I stammer You,
who are eternal in your symmetry.
I lift to You my half-hands
in wordless beseeching, that I may find again
the eyes with which I once beheld You...
It’s here in all the pieces of my shame
that now I find myself again.
I yearn to belong to something, to be contained
in an all-embracing mind that sees me
as a single thing.
I yearn to be held
in the great hands of Your heart–
oh let them take me now.
Into them I place these fragments, my life,
and You, God–spend them however you want.
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YES! That is what I always have in my status on gchat... "Ich bete wieder, du Elauchter." Thanks again for yesterday. I love you so much and that soup is pointing me to the Awesome One. Seriously. On and On.
FYI, this is Rach... Buswell is my secret name.
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