Aug 09.99: Light For The day - "A Bed of Spiritual Flowers"

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if any one hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and eat with him,
and he with me."
-- Revelation 3:20 (RSV)

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"A Bed of Spiritual Flowers"

Happy is who opens his heart to you,
good Jesus,
for you enter and rest there. 
You bring the midday of heavenly light to
the troubled breast, calming every emotion of
the heart with the rays of divine peace. 

You make a bed within the soul
with fragrant spiritual flowers, 
and you lie upon it, so that the soul is fulled
with the knowledge of you and the joy of 
your sweetness.

-- Aelred Of Rievaulx
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"Therefore, since we are justified by faith,
we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ."
-- Romans 5:1 (RSV)