Thunder Egg

 

“Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O LORD!” Psalm 70:1

“For You are my hope, O LORD God; You are my trust from my youth.” Psalm 71:5

Thunder Egg*

Help me!

A desperate cry

Rings in my ear and through the sky

A deep black night

A child alone

A plea for love—Is bread a stone?

Save me!

I cannot stand

I’m borne about like drifting sand

A barren hope

Is faith a lie?

A call for help—A hollow sigh

Love me!

Unlovely I

Touch me and then I shall not die

Hear what I say

Are my words false?

Can beauty lie within a cross?

Need me!

Then fear will flee

Your need for me will be the key

A Thunder Egg

Could be my sign

The crystals bright with light will shine

Love comes…

Elusive song

The music soft will linger long

For love is God

And God is near

I see your face is wet with tears

Thank You!

For empathy

Eyes free to see inside of me

A geode, I–

Hard—rough and grey

God’s crystal light—A shining day

Lord, Your inspiring and mysterious creation of the thunder egg reminds me that some things of beauty are hidden under a hard, rough, grey surface—and sometimes that hidden, beautiful thing is me. I pray that You would shine forth out of my innermost parts. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

*Photo Credit: Bill the Eggman. “Thunderegg: Ordinary Rocks with Crystal Surprise Inside!” Geology In. May 2020. www.geologyin.com/2020/05/thunderegg-ordinary-rocks-with-crystal.html.