Art Takes, Outtakes, and My Take » God http://www.chronichope.com Chronic Hope - a band name? Your sister-in-law? Nope, it's the hope a person with chronic illness has. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:56:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hey You http://www.chronichope.com/2009/12/16/hey-you/ http://www.chronichope.com/2009/12/16/hey-you/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:42:34 +0000 justJ http://www.chronichope.com/?p=85 Recently I purchased the book, “Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West” by Daniel Ladinsky. A short attention span like mine, replete with fibrofog, likes Daniel’s page-or-less poetry that is fairly easy to read and comprehend. A random page-picking revealed my very first love poem from God entitled “Hey“. The last two lines mirror how simply I have been pared down:

I have been saying “Hey” lately too,

to God.

Formalities just weren’t

working.

Whether or not you agree with my concept of God, you may find the irreverence of a three-letter word works well proffered as prayer. I do, especially now when an acute viral infection earthquakes my chronic pain. In this season of well-wishing, giving, and never-ending scurrying for one day of hopeful celebration, it is my prayer that you, too, will offer your own prayer to the eternal Creator Who loves you.

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