Deep Freeze

God of spring, summer, fall and winter.

God whose name is unknowable, whose face is too bright to behold.

Find in these deep frozen places--of the heart, of the mind, of the spirit--some place that can find new life, some place that can mend and heal and thaw.

Breathe new life into these weary, shivering bones.

And when the time comes, and the days draw especially short, remind us that the earth holds in its embrace the new seeds that will birth bright colors come spring.

Come spring. But not too soon.Let me not rush the next thing. Still my heart, o God, to rest in this season, to let the seed be--still, silent, invisible. Waiting. The seed lives. The seed endures.

The seed will grow.

Give me patience, amidst the deep freeze. Give me eyes to see the life that is all around.

Amen.