Blanketed

Friday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time

PSALM 32

Blessed is he whose fault is taken away,

whose sin is covered.

     I turn to you, Lord, 

     in time of trouble, 

     and you fill me with the joy of salvation.

Some mornings I just wake up tender.  It happens when I have been going, and going and going.  It happens when I want to be mothered.  This word "covered"…it conjures a kind of "being tucked in."  It is the right word for today.  It isn't hiding.  It is God's action of tenderness toward what I see as sick or damaged.  

Cover up my offenses, Lord.  

You know them more clearly than I do myself.  

Blanket them gently…with cashmere;)

…and fill me with the joy that such tenderness brings.