Today, I was greeted by a friend with her daily message of hope. I loved her message of Letting Go and Letting God. I hold this prayer today.

I have written about Arkansas Rain many times before trying to capture the beauty and the feelings it conjures up deep inside me, stirring the heart. Somewhere, somehow to me, it resounds the gentleness of life and how we are all connected to this sacred earth and how precious this world really is.

This morning I awoke to the sounds of my Arkansas rain! This type of rain doesn’t come very often, this gentle rain, but when it does, I hope you will recognize it.

once again
it’s barely raining
this Arkansas gentle
sheltering rain

raindrops
falling from leaf to leaf
fully
covering all God’s green earth

even you
as you hold out your hands
rain begins to fall
into the cup of your hand
and then slips through your fingertips

oh, so gentle
and soothing
like time held close
and then leaving
as a friend