Contemplative Corner – “I Thirst”

i thirst

i thirst for a drink

           from your tarnished cup

   but

teach me first

      to sip life’s water

soothe

              some tired, bleeding feet,

       and bandage

                 broken, wounded souls.

   then…

let me take

   the battered cup,

       draw it

   to my feeble lips,

   and taste the liquid

       of your Holy Spirit.

                                                 -adapted from Ruth McLean