January Nineteenth

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We’ve Never Been Here Before

The first light sparkles, new crystals
of thick night-frost, the virgin unlived day.

A tiny wren lifts her jubilations
into the vastness of the morning air.
Strokes of winter sun
touch the opened page of ancient Words.

But the Spirit himself
kindles them: strikes a new fire
laughing in the ashes
of our wintered hearts

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–Quilla

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“Rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given you.”
–Deuteronomy 26: 11

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“In everything give thanks. For this is the Father’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”  –1 Thessalonians 5: 18

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