a poem in my pocket

Gracious heavenly Father,

We praise You as Sovereign over all.

Thank You that we can celebrate 250 years as a nation!

Our rich heritage and current bounty are

blessings of Your providence

and we are grateful for Your goodness to us.

Our country was founded on faith and freedom,

inherently inspired by Your Word.

May we respect the dignity of every individual

and protect every person’s rights under law.

May we recognize our responsibilities as citizens

to elect representatives to govern with wisdom.

Guide our leaders and protect our troops.

We are grateful to all who have served our country well.

Lord, we confess our history is stained.

Forgive our past sins of broken treaties, slavery, and greed.

Forgive our present sins of abortion, human trafficking, and pride.

Remove our guilt and revive our virtue.

Restore peace, unity, and goodwill among us as fellow Americans.

We rely on your mercy for in God we do trust.

We thank You for preserving our country thus far and ask

for Your favor on future generations.

In the precious name of Your Son, Jesus, we pray,

Amen

“I write on these spindrift pages.” — Dylan Thomas

I… personally speaking, myself and not another; singularly and uniquely me

write… to scribble with pencil, flow from ink, or tap on keyboard; to make meaning from letters into words into phrases into poetry

on… immediately active location; ready position; prepared for task; alert

these… things here, not there; close at hand and possessed; opportune

spindrift… mist of music and lyrics like salty spray from crest of wave or wild dusting of snowdrift in gale

[easily confused with spendthrift… who gives away freely, shares extravagantly; both prodigal and profligate]

pages… leaves of a book, spaces on a screen, blanks waiting to be filled in with words and sent into the world!

Take a Dylan Thomas quote, make an acrostic, define your lines! Laura Bloomsbury hosts MTB at dVerse Poets.

woman takes what man gives,

nurtures and grows it: a child,

a home, a life…together!

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Introducing our 18th grandchild, Noah Silas, born on May Day!