Worship began with centering prayer.
“Draw us close,” said the pastor,
a prayer for what we need,
for what we ought to want.
“Draw us close.”
And before I could consider what that might mean for me, a little voice called out,
“Oh, no!”
O God, draw us close.
Oh, no!
We want it,
and we do not.
What will happen if we
accept what we ask for
from you, O God?
Oh, yes!
We will never be the same.