Metanoia

I will not be swept away

by the flood.

This storm will not tear me away

from my home.

I will not be lost in

the darkness.

I will endure.

I will pause.

I will stop for a moment.

And then, I will take a deep breath

and fill my lungs with the Holy Spirit,

and I will transform.

I will be transformed

by the storm.

I will not be broken forever.

I will rebuild.

You will rebuild.

God will build something new

in all of us,

because the storm will not defeat us,

but it will lay us bare,

and in that aerated, newly fertile soil,

God will plant the seeds of hope,

and feed and water what grows there

with healthy servings of faith and love.

We will grow something new

in our souls, an innocence

not seen since we left the Garden.

Oh Lord, work in us now.

Redeem us from the pit.

Restore us from the depths.

Pull us from the storm

and make us the souls

that You created us to be.

Amen.

Psalm 86:11