God of rainbows
Amidst the floods
When we look for lost girls
and RVs
When we mourn dead camp directors
And family members
When camps
and houses
and belongings
are swept away
With powerfully swept away
Remind us
That you sit with us
amidst
And when we cry out
God where are you
You cry too
And that you
Disarmed
Your very self
Hanging Your weapon
Permanently
in the sky
A proclamation
that you are a God
of Covenants
Promises
Peace
and Love
not punishments
So that when we cry out
“What have we done to deserve this?”
You sweep us up
In your love
and care
Snuggling us
to sleep
murmuring
“Nothing, absolutely nothing”
and you help the
absolutely best search doggies
And you wipe the brows of
the the emergency workers
and volunteers
and you sit and sigh
with the wearied
And God
You give us
Patience
and silence
amidst us
in unexpected
encouragement
Because you are
The God
of Spaciousness
Letting us
Be our full selves
And so
Be with
us in our
Grief
our waiting
and Our
Empathy
Be with
us in our Love
For many waters
cannot quench Love
Nor can the
Floods
Drown it
Be the Love
Amidst us
That outlasts
This flood
We pray
Amen
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