“So I pray that God, who gives you
hope, will keep you happy and full of peace
as you believe in him. May you overflow
with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Hope is falling all over the place this early morning.
Downspouts are gurgling, puddles dot the asphalt street,
it sounds like the Rocketts are dancing on the skylights.
I am happy and at peace as I think of friends
who enlarge my life, the work I do that contributes
meaning in these otherwise quiet days of remembering
and celebrating, and the hope that sustains me because
of a Sacred Mystery that I can neither
understand nor explain.
May hope fall all over you today, too.
May it soak you to the bone.
And may harmony
with life reign.
“May God, who gives patience and encouragement, help
you live in complete harmony with each other —
each with the attitude of Christ Jesus
toward the other.”
Romans 15:13 Romans 15:4
Shining Spirit 
I hope for hopefulness.