Here’s
a blessing inspired by Matthew 25: 14-20 from Jan Richardson’s The Painted Prayerbook.
Blessing
(inspired by Matthew
25: 14-20)
There
are blessings
meant
for you
to
hold onto
clutched
like
a lifeline
carried
like
a candle
for
a dark way
tucked
into a pocket
like
a smooth stone
reminding
you
that
you do not
go
alone.
This
blessing
is
not those.
This
blessing
will
find its form
only
as you
give
it away
only
as you
release
it
into
the keeping
of
another
only
as you
let
it
leave
you
bearing
the shape
the
imprint
the
grace
it
will take
only
for having
passed
through
your
two
particular
hands.
~
written by Jan L. Richardson, and posted on The Painted Prayerbook. http://paintedprayerbook.com/
