solitude: time alone with God long enough to sense his presence, his nearness; to grow in the certainty that he is with us and for us, always and into forever silence: space to notice what we hear when no one else is competing for our attention and allegiance, who and what really calls our name,Continue reading “the way our soul learns”
Author Archives: Dayna E. Mazzuca
In Sync with the Season
in solitude and silence, close to the fire, listening to crackling kindling, snapped off branches, whole logs burn I contemplate the coming frost— the need to resolve unfinished bits of Fall Winter: the perfect time to make peace the way Jacob made his timely, pressing peace with brother Esau after how many years (?) finallyContinue reading “In Sync with the Season”
Hear My Prayer
if solitude is time alone with God what holds me back? when I am tired, Lord, hear my prayer— there is too much to do and too little time to do it when I am a cynic, Lord, hear my prayer— there are things I have tried, and they have failed, I see a patternContinue reading “Hear My Prayer”
Sunrise
time stretches long like a beach in the morning when we get up early to meet what God would show— endless wonders in our path, intricacies of the nautilus, eight-armed creatures that walk when made to swim, shells that stick strong enough to rock to withstand powerful tides, signs of fire, symbols of love wondersContinue reading “Sunrise”
Another Horizon
In solitude we seek what might be wanting, the supply of another horizon, an image, perhaps forgotten— truths we can hardly compute without making space, finding time to spend alone with God, in solitude. THIS POEM APPEARS in my latest book of poems, QUIET WATERS.