The Power of Looking at Lilies

I bless you to look long

At little, unworried things,

Like lilies

And sparrows.

“Look at the birds of the air:

They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns,

And yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not of more value than they?

Consider the lilies of the field,

How they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory

Was not arrayed like one of these” (Mathew 6:26-29).

When worry rushes in,

Unwelcome,

Unruly,

Untimely,

May your eyes turn

Toward the unfazed flora

And unflustered fowl.

May your heart be

As unworried as a wildflower,

As unconcerned as a bird in flight.