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Lectio + Haiku -- April 2007
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Haiku
Yellow flash -- Spring's first
goldfinch! Quick! Pour thistle seed
in the old feeder!
-- Margaret, In the Courtyard
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Welcome island home -
Ancient church where God rains down
Love on all who thirst
-- Brad, Port Townsend/Amorgos
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A shoe stuck in mud,
sucked from the foot that wore it,
fills slowly with rain.
-- Greg, Seattle
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Scripture
For a month that includes both
the passion of Holy Week and the wonder of Easter, a passage
from the prophet Joel, with the promise that after famine comes
abundance.
Joel 2: 21 - 29
Do not fear, O soil;
be glad and rejoice,
for the LORD has done great things!
Do not fear, you animals of the field,
for the pastures of the wilderness are green;
the tree bears its fruit,
the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
O children of Zion, be glad
and rejoice in the LORD your God;
for he has given the early rain for your vindication,
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
the early and the later rain, as before.
The threshing floors shall be full of grain,
the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust has eaten,
the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
my great army, which I sent against you.
You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the LORD your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people
shall never again be put to shame.
You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,
and that I, the LORD, am your God and there is no
other.
And my people shall never again
be put to shame.
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Rain pours down, then sun.
Broken soil drinks, then steams —
spirit rising up.
-- Margaret, In the Courtyard
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Then afterward
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
Even on the male and female slaves,
in those days, I will pour out my spirit.
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