Exodus

Beloved, beautiful Semite
Once free, then enslaved
Your cries for mercy and provision
Pierced the heart of Jehovah
Then came protection and presence
Divine pillar of fire and cloud leading
Unto the Land of Milk and Honey
And a new, eternal destiny

I want to be a tree

I want to be a tree
planted beside the still waters
where my roots go deep
where I grow mightily
where I love well and am loved well

This is my heart's desire ...
and yet 19 months later
this dream, this desire
is still not reality
and leaves me feeling sad