the invitation

to walk with God begins small  
in the breath we take at dawn  
in the soft surrender to light  
as it spills warmly on our skin  

it is not thunder in the sky  
or fire swallowing the horizon  
but the gentle stirring within  
that calls us to rise in love  

how we answer becomes the proof  
in hands stretched wide to others  
in joy that spills and keeps spilling  
in giving without counting the cost  

this life is our sacred invitation  
to serve with cheerfulness and grace  
to become the witness of holy work  
to love and be loved endlessly