Cacophonous Harmony

Early morning prickles my skin,
Encouraging me to feel it all-
Hope, despair, loneliness, empathy, compassion, selfishness, joy...
They belong here inside my muddy self.
And it is with dawn's new light that I am reminded that it is utter gift to know each of these feelings no matter how they are perceived.

Early morning prickles my skin
Encouraging me to feel it all -
The certainty of spring
The certainty of the resurrection
The certainty of doubt.
I can believe and disbelieve and the mysterious Grace of Jesus holds me.

Early morning prickles my skin
Encouraging me to feel it all -
The wondrous Love which calls me Beloved though marred and starving is my frame;
The delightful Hope which has planted seeds of dreams though I fear the unknown;
The sheer Joy that lights up my face because He knows each of these thoughts in full and holds them together in cacophonous harmony.

Prickling my skin, early morning encourages me to feel everything.
Because everything belongs.