Therefore I Will Hope
A Blessing for Holy Saturday (by Jan Richardson www.paintedprayerbook.com)
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in God.”
—Lamentations 3.24
I have no cause
to linger beside
this place of death
no reason
to keep vigil
where life has left
and yet I cannot go,
cannot bring myself
to cleave myself
from here
can only pray
that this waiting
might yet be a blessing
and this grieving
yet a blessing
and this stone
yet a blessing
and this silence
yet a blessing
still.