Friday, November 22, 2002

A new beginning for me...

Today I hang my first ever one-person art show at the RedWing Gallery in Tarrytown, New York.

A prayer seems appropriate and what better one than this from Ted Loder's book, Guerrillas of Grace, Prayers For The Battle. Thanks to pastor Pam for introducing me to the this author and to friend Lynette for pointing to this particular one.

I Tremble on the Edge of a Maybe

O God of beginnings,
as your Spirit moved
over the face of the deep
on the first day of creation,
move with me now
in my time of beginnings,
when the air is rain-washed,
the bloom is on the bush,
and the world seems fresh
and full of possiblities,
and I feel ready and full.

I tremble on the edge of a maybe,
a first time,
a new thing,
a tentative start,
and the wonder of it lays its finger on my lips.

In silence, Lord,
I share now my eagerness
and my uneasiness
about this something different
I would be or do;
and I listen for your leading
to help me separate the light
from the darkness
in the change I seek to shape
and which is shaping me.

Thanks, Amy for the encouragement to do this! I look forward to the opening tomorrow.

love, dad

ps. the image was captured this past august during a walk around swan lake in the rockefeller state park preserve, just down the road from tarrytown.