“My strength returns to me with my cup of coffee and the reading of the Psalms.”

– Dorothy Day

My thumb joints have a dull ache
Sometimes, I don’t even recognize the hurt
Until I sit down
Until I sit with it
I wrap my palms around a warm cup of coffee
The heat penetrates
Into the ache
I pause to pick up the Word
I open the Psalms
“Though my flesh and my heart fail
God is the rock of my heart
My portion forever”
I take a hearty sip
And the warmth penetrates
Into the ache
Reaching my very heart
Strength for the day