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Blessing

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Blessing 

A blessing is more 
Than some words on a page
Or to follow a sneeze
Or break a leg for the stage 

It's more than just sentiment
It is conscious decision
To send love and kindness
With a purpose and vision 

Not a throwaway niceness 
It's so deep and profound
A blessing reclaims 
So much more hallowed ground

Not a poem with boundary
No beginning or end
It is never constrained
It is more than just friend 

It's the ripples of change
In the pool filled with love
Spilling out when we cast
A request-stone above 

A blessing has value
Even more than a prayer
It loves, lingers, leads us
It's a heaven-ward stair 

To invoke down a blessing
Is to open earth space
And flood it with goodness
Laced with Spirit and grace 

Like an angelic whirlwind 
Where the atmosphere alters..
It's the arm of a lover
When your step forward falters 

It connects and restores
It has holiness prowess
Like it says on the tin;
It dispels all the darkness 

So reach your hand high
And call down that blessing
It can only bring truth,
No fake-news second guessing 

Draw the gift from a well
Never known for it's dryness
All the thirst to dispel
With a cup from his Highness 

So.. 

May your life be renewed
May the darker days dwindle
May your eyes see new Hope
May your healing rekindle 

May your voice find it's place.
May you outshine the shadows.
May you nurture that seed
So a mighty, strong oak grows 

May your neighbours be friends.
May your generous spirit
Be a lighthouse of hope
For the boats harboured in it. 

May your journey be fruitful.
May your harvest be plenty.
May your storehouse be shared
Where the hungry soul's empty. 

May the places you walk
Find your presence refreshing
For we all have a choice
To bring heavenly blessing. 

Jinjagoliath
8th May 2021

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 3/5/2023 5:28:00 PM
This would make a beautiful read as a sermon at mass at my church, because it is kind, soft, gentle, hopeful and encouaging.
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