What woman having ten silver coins,
if she loses one of them,
does not light a lamp, sweep the house,
and search carefully until she finds it?
—Luke 15.8
God the homemaker, the house-sweeper,
searches
for your lost coin.
It may be a grief swept under,
a shame covered over,
a gift denied.
In her hand it’s worth something.
She will find it, and rejoice.
You be her lamp. Help her look.
And when she finds it (even maybe
her love for you, that you’ve
forgotten behind something),
join the celebration
as she holds it up to the light
and dances.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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