IN THE SILENCE

"God bless you!" we say if someone sneezes or if they are going through hard times, and even more especially when they have done something wonderful for us--something mere "thank you" won’t begin to cover.

"Bless the Lord," the Psalms command us. And God has done more for us than any of us could imagine. But how can we say "God bless you" to God? Can we bless God? How could we? Can the lesser ever bless the greater?

Perhaps by praise. "Praise You, Lord. I thank You and praise You." How else? How does a field of flowers bless me? By being their own beautiful selves. By being the thing they were meant to be and doing their best. Well? What am I waiting for?

{From A Journal of the Spirit, a Journey of the Soul, by D.C. Ice, Jan. 28, 1995.}