Stephanie Rutt
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I Am Waking Now

I am waking now
to the chorus of your Song.
 
I am rising now…running
to sit in sweet darkness with You.
 
I am willing now
to stand in the fire of Your will…
perfectly…still.
 
I am plunging now
into the deep waters of regret
eager…praying…
to emerge naked…twirling…dancing
on the shores of Your grace…
 
Only one path before me now…
carved deep into the palm of my hand
by the clean blade of your word.
 
Gladly I bleed.
Gladly I die.
 
Stephanie Rutt, 2004
​2004 was a year of immense challenge for my family engulfing three generations in a way none of us could have ever foreseen. I wrote this poem after a profound healing session to return home to find two mourning doves trapped on my screen porch – clear symbols of my mother and grandmother already deceased.   
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  • Blog
    • Blog: Become a Force for Good
    • Popular Posts
  • Books
    • The Call of the Mourning Dove: How Sacred Sound Awakens Mystical Unity
    • Doorway to the Sacred
    • Interfaith Worship Manual
    • The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic
    • An Ordinary Life Transformed: Lessons for Everyone from the Bhagavad Gita
    • The Shaykh and the Preacher
  • Classes
  • Events
  • Videos
  • Poetry
    • Everyday God
    • I Am Waking Now
    • I Am Here
    • What If
    • Treasures Collection
    • Something Beautiful
    • I Am Running Now
    • S...tut...tering
    • Why You Are Here
    • I Used to Want a Ph.D.
    • Love's Song
    • My God
  • Mentoring
  • Seminary Program
  • Contact
  • Book Audios
    • Doorway to the Sacred
    • The Lord's Prayer
  • In the News