I am returned

I am always moved by the beauty of the world -- I encountered God there years before I knew Him through doctine or relationship! And since today we have had a little rain (something which we drought-stricken truly appreciate) and I can see the rainbow lorrikeets in the garden, I will include this simple little poem (if it is a poem) about how loveliness always turns my heart back to the One who is its source.

I am Returned ..
Let Your beauty lie across the land,
A quilt of light to warm the soul:
And I am returned, and I am returned, to You.

Let the sunlight kiss the leaves translucent green,
Let sudden butterfly transfix my vision:
And I am returned, and I am returned, to You.

In the smile of a child, in the soft rain’s blessing,
In the quick song of the water, or the murmur of the sea:
Thus I am returned, I am returned to You.

In the catch of the rainbow,
The simplicity of flowers:
Still I am returned, I am returned to You

In the failing of the flesh, the relinquishment of seeming,
With the certainty of love, and a faith that sees through shadows:
I will return, I will return to You.