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We are called to play,
to be like tumbling water,
letting gravity carry us
effortlessly down and round:
swirling rapids,
lazy meanderings,
a joyful meeting
with the sea.

We are called to serve,
to lift and to carry,
like water in a lock
defying gravity:
canals spanning rivers,
viaducts over valleys,
shouldering burdens
up, up, and up.

Photo of a boat's wake in the Erie Canal, New York.

Photo 2013 and prayer 2014 by Danny N. Schweers

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