thoughts on mercy: "in wisdom you have made them all" (psalm 104)

we wait.
when the sun rises we can see it.
all that you have made in wisdom--
aching and shattered;
glorious ruins all around.
we are standing
with bated breath,
with wonder and grief together.

ruach--breath.
You breathed and set to life at the beginning,
You sustain all.
Breath wind sings through the trees,
makes dry bones come to life.
if withheld, man perishes.
in this i see mercy.
in this, a strange tenderness.

and so.
sing praises, sing praises.
even if they are small.

how long O LORD?
give ear to our prayers.
restore us, God Almighty.
let the light of your face shine upon us.
that we might live,
that we might be saved.

know that what is
and was
and will be,
even the language that begins to tell of it and gives it name--
comes from You.

bless the Lord, o my soul!