Dagstuk | Maandag 16 Desember 2024

Ek lees graag vir ons vandag ‘n advent seëngebed van die skrywer Jan Richardson. Mag hierdie woord vir jou ook ‘n seën wees in hierdie tyd van afwagting:

Blessing for waiting

Who wait for the night
to end bless them.

Who wait for the night
to begin bless them.

Who wait in the hospital room
who wait in the cell
who wait in prayer

bless them.

Who wait for news
who wait for the phone call
who wait for a word
who wait for a job
a house a child

bless them.

Who wait for one who
will come home who wait
for one who will not come home

bless them.

Who wait with fear who wait with joy
who wait with peace who wait with rage
who wait for the end who wait for the
beginning who wait alone
who wait together

bless them.

Who wait without knowing
what they wait for or why

bless them.

Who wait when they
should not wait
who wait when they should be in motion
who wait when they need to rise
who wait when they need to set out

bless them.

Who wait for the end of waiting
who wait for the fullness of time
who wait emptied and open and ready
who wait for you,

o bless.