Now for grace in the face of this untangling web

Now for grace in the face of this untangling web
In sorrows of days before fed
In longing and loneliness dred
May joy sprout anew instead

May not the muggling mind
Mentor itself in it's cruel deceit
Yet may it in tribulation find
A hope outside itself

A hunger for that by which
It may retain and reclaim
Life within life
Hope and glory

Of this continuing story
May there be found
Gracious pardon
And forgiveness

Within and without
May tenderness come
May sorrows soften
And life begotten in this

No more to savor the former
And though striving for that
Which lies ahead
Also earnestly

Present with what is
Imperfect yet perfectly formed
Reconciled in body, mind, and soul
Without control yet surrender in full

For there lies the joy of being
Content in trial
And every way
While

Moment by moment
The measures of time
Are timelessly in
This

The wonder
The bliss
All shall be well
This great story

Of which we here tell
Is now is here
And shall evermore
Be

-Joshua Lee Foist