Time is flying and yet I’m not a bird, drifting in a warm breeze -
The sun on my outspread wings
Light, bleaching my delicate feathers
 
But I am free, travelling to distant places –
Whether in my dreams or spirit or hopes…
Physically, sometimes, I make footsteps in the sand of wonderful beaches
And walk on the cobbled streets of ancient towns
Or climb a mountain in search of its castle –
With its walls now fallen, resting on stony ground.
But its towers still surveying the land below – 
remembering the armies of long ago
 
Oh, how quickly life is moving –
For I am caught in its whirlwind;
Tossed here and there, disorientated and energised;
Surprised constantly by its beauty and fragility;
So, too, by its pain and suffering, inhumanity and destruction
 
But wait! My soul sings a tune about tomorrow!
And this Time will come. And it whispers a wonderful melody –
Sweet and strong; with words of peace and joy.
Yes! For angels carry the Heavenly song,
Fanning hope and joyous expectation for the listening ear
 
 
‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined 
what God has prepared for those who love him.’ (1 Corinthians 2)
Oh, how my heart knows more than I –
For my mind lives here, preoccupied and distracted.
But my heart continues on its Earthly pilgrimage,
With a certainty of the Creator’s love.
For in His loving arms, He has my spirit –
Tenderly caring for me; as He awaits my arrival in the Promised Land.
 
‘Taste and see that the Lord is good’ (Psalm 34),
For even now His love bursts into my soul, revealing touches of Heaven;
Of things unimaginable, which He delights to share.
 
Against a background of turmoil, His peace and joy await
And His resplendent love, bathes me in its morning light –
Crisp and clear, warm and bright.
Oh, Mysterious Light! Sun from Son, from the Father
 
Time – a conundrum in this passing world as we pass through
Yet, in eternity, quite unfathomable
For its dimension is unknown to man
Known only by God and almost imperceptibly -
In the blink of an eye - the Truth we’ll see!
 
Take time now, to open your eyes and refuse the darkness
Let His light search and find, scanning the horizons of your mind
To bless you with His glorious light, as Heaven comes down from above
Carried, mightily, on the gentle wings of the Spirit of love. Amen.