Rocking Chair

There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a rocking chair 

that attaches to no other moving object. 

~Wallis Simpson

Rocking Chair Prayer

 ~author unknown

Back and forth…back and forth…
back and forth I go…

While staying in place, I am moving still…
 I am letting go.

In my rocking chair I am at one 

with the basic rhythms of life:

back and forth…up and down…
in and out…around and around.

I feel the thumping of my heart…

I sense my breathing in and out…

And effortlessly I find myself praying:

O God of All Time, calm me…calm me…

Reassure me of your presence…

your arms enfolding around me…

Give me a deep sense of your care for me…

and remind me of your promises:

“Everything’s going to be okay.”

Amid the rush of daily living,
when I feel splintered into little pieces,

call me back to my rocking chair…

Where, back and forth…back and forth…
I rest in your timeless love.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 
Matthew 11:28