I don’t know what it is about Advent but it always nudges me towards thankfulness, to reviewing the year and remembering those who blessed and supported me. It’s been quite a year, what with a marriage break up, house move and priesting, and I am so aware that God has been present to me through other people who’ve been kind, supportive, holding and prayerful. The monastic community I visit regularly, Mucknell Abbey in Worcestershire, have been a really important stabilising community for me too. I wrote this poem to thank them. Who has been in your corner this year?
You Have Been For Me
You have been for me
Driftwood, to cling to
in the tsunami
You have been for me
A lifeboat, searching out
And rescuing a lost soul
You have been for me
A lighthouse, shining hope
Of a homeland on a distant shore
You have been for me
An anchor, limiting the drift
Borne by the dragging current
You have been for me
The love of the Father, relentless
And fierce as the ocean