A little poetry for you…. (Y’all I cannot remember the last time I have actually sat down and written a poem. Thanks for being my Ra Ra sisters and inspiring me to sit and listen to God’s words for me spill out onto the page)

Holy Water 

By Tara L. Ulrich

The rain goes pitter patter against my window

I listen quietly to the water cascading down

I am reminded of who I am;

Reminded that I am claimed in the waters of Baptism.

Each droplet of water

Continues to remind me of who I am;

A called, claimed, and loved child of God.

There were days when I struggled to find who I was;

Days when I questioned my own identity;

Days when I wondered if God truly was calling me to seminary;

Days when I endlessly asked “How long Lord. Will you forget me forever?”

How long?

Yet on those days, the water often will again go pitter patter against my window.

Or I find myself standing face looking upward towards the heavens;

Water droplets cascading down my face;

Reminding me again and again of who I am;
A child of God beautifully in over her head.

I watch the rain fall.

And as it falls, I take my finger fresh with new water droplets,

Mark the sign of the cross on my forehead;

A simple reminder of who and whose I am;

A simple reminder of who and whose you are!

(I am always learning new tricks. Here is an audio recording of the above poem. I wish there wasn’t so much background noise though!)

I am linking up with Anita and Carol at Blessed (but Stressed) for Inspire Me Monday, Holly for Testimony Tuesday and Kelly for the RaRa Linkup.