A Crow and a Blessing
Photography and Poem by Norma Beaird
My spirit was heavy,
exhausted and worn,
the heat of the summer,
felt more like a thorn.
My heart needed laughter,
a cool, gentle breeze,
or raindrops from Heaven,
like cascades of peace.
Sometimes God will send us,
the solace of rain,
or treasures like rainbows,
or comfort for pain.
And sometimes God gives us,
the caws of a crow,
to make us look upward,
on paths that we go.
The scriptures have told,
of a raven who fed,
God's prophet Elijah,
some meat and some bread.
No matter our need,
the day or the year,
God gives us a blessing,
and faith for our fear.
He cawed and I looked up,
he flew from the tree,
his wings and a blue sky,
were lessons to me.
The Lord gives our soul food,
in so many ways,
A crow was my blessing,
This hot summer day.
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