Yesterday's verses from the Morning Office (in Phyllis Tickle's The Divine Hours) spoke to me. Psalm 86:11 says, ". . . knit my heart to you" and Psalm 84: 2 has imagery of a sparrow making a nest beside the altar. I decided to make a sketch:
This morning I created a haiku (with the caveat that I understand it is a haiku primarily in syllables, not in the true Japanese form that stipulates imagery and mood):
Knit my heart to you.
Make a nest for my lost heart.
Mending frayed edges.
In my closing remarks for morning watch, I talked about the idea of God as a knitter, God as a mender, God who can take our unraveling edges and the parts of our lives that are coming apart at the seams and repair them.
I like the idea of God as a master mender, a mindful mender. I needed this reminder. I am always grateful when morning watch speaks to me too.
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