Amy Secrist

Tag: light

  • Oasis

    See control’s mirage leading us trekking, crawling, grasping the course ground through dry, gritty heat. Throw out your arms. Cross the bridge to trust, to faith, to hope, to letting go, to releasing, to receiving, to believing. Take child’s pose and crawl into the arms of God’s cradle.

  • Color

    I am not a short thought in the mind of God.  I am not all light and love. I see the red-winged black birds, sentries above the bramble.  Do I stand guard, do I block the light? I do not hold together in one piece, see how my love lay filtered out: patience, kindness, mercy, and the…

  • Givingbirds Light

    These little birds flit around the house lighting here and there, sitting on the counters, standing on the chairs, zooming through the kitchen. They make “holy spirit water” and play church, wedding, and workers, after post office, house, and kitchen-shopping. Screaming-mad and cackling-happy these growing-up friends make their way through the days and I watch…