Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:5
“Reflect on a relationship that was made memorable or valuable by something that you found or discovered.” –Maurice Roberts, Fruit of the Vine
Query: What new understanding or insight have you recently received?
Partial Eclipse
Last night in my sleep
I dreamed of gentle hands
Smoothing back hair
Soothing
A mother’s touch
I came to know
With the clarity of a dreamer
These hands were my own hands
And they were safe
And necessary
They moved with purpose
Finding wounds and noticing
The places healing had already begun
They came suddenly away
From familiar terrain
To the thick line
Of an old scar
How had I not noticed this before?
How could I have borne this pain
And the mending that came after
Beyond the reach of memory?
Awake, I go looking
Match my fingertips to their unwoken selves
The scar is gone, its toughness
Only remains in quickly fading recollection
–Bethany Lee, The Breath Between