
My post today is my most beloved poem of all the poems Joyce Rupp has written. It touches me deeply at the soul level as being the poem of my own birth. Indeed, gathered together am I from history-held mysteries.
These past couple of months, I have been in prayer and healing ministry for so many of my family members and friends suffering from illness and grieving the loss of a loved one — each one “so ordinary, so unique, so simple, so complex”…
Each one given the gift of life and each one exploring the ways to live that as a life of love.
Each of us is surprised into life and each, the blessing of eternity passed on.
I seek out this poem often, to bless myself and the others that I love.
A Star in my Heart is a beautiful read.
From A Star in my Heart – Joyce Rupp
Revision date: 1/8/2018
gathered together am I
from a history-held mystery,
a bundle of memories am I.
caught from smiles and heartaches
of faces and places past cherished
given in love from the heart of life.
from kisses and love making,
from caring and growing,
from vibrancy and vitality,
the gathered memories
of my own named person
have been gifted into existence.
surprises from seeds and secrets,
gifts from unknown voices and events;
here am I, so ordinary, so unique.
here am I, so simple, so complex
knowing that the seed of my self
has the touch of gathered memories;
gleaned from the ages of another time,
seed and sperm seeking, making known.
a birthed bundle surprised into life,
light filling the center of a new spirit;
the blessing of eternity passed on:
urgency always to seek the face of God,
first gatherer of all good memories.
Joyce Rupp – A Star In My Heart
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