Start Small

18 agosto de 2008

Another noche sin dormir bien.
Anoche tenía un frío que alcanzó
Hasta los huesos.

Hoy me levanté con gozo
Feliz que tu eres mi Dios
Feliz que soy tu niña,
La niña de tus ojos.

“Good morning, Lord Jesus.
Thank you for today.
Thank you for my Spirit
Thank you I can pray.
Good morning, Lord Jesus,
To You I love to sing,
Thank you, Lord
For everything.”

Thank you for the sweetening
That is unfolding in my heart.
Thank you for the hunger
And thirst for you.
Thank you for the passion.
I pray that you would grow it.
I pray that you would give it direction.
I pray that I would have a clear word
About Latin America.
Sometimes, I don´t know what to pray—
I don´t know what I love—
I don´t know that I really can´t live without.
I don´t know that I could—or would—
Say “no” to the colors
And the vibrancy
And the spontaneity
Of my adopted tierras.
Right now,
In this moment,
My priority is You.
Learning to love You simply,
Learning to seek You
As a little girl
Seeks out her daddy.
My other priority:
The Costa Ricans
Who are my family—
A mirror for my own smile,
A mirror for my own dreams.
This is my home—
Right now.
And I am happy.
And yet—
I realize the danger
In substituting geographies.
I must remember
That one is not the other
That one is not the better.