Flourish: A Meadow Worth Prancing In

Photo by ChasingHorizonsPhotography

A Poem by Alexis Ragan

“It is a heart that walks us into the bright meadow of the felt love of God” - Dane Ortlund

As for me, 

I will chase after you 

in fields of forever,

petals of paradise plunging 

from the sky as I reach out

to touch you, to hug you, 

to free fall into flowers 

that sing your name,

untame I was until 

You called me by name, 

and when I run through

the rows of roses you planted 

in my life, I begin to reminisce

of my child self, when you first

embraced me on a blushing day, 

when I went outside simply

to play, there you were hovering 

over like a Father does above

His child — bursts of joy jump

from bud to bud in this field,

and I feel like I could run towards

You forever. 

A meadow worth prancing in, 

that is what this is, and ever

since I have found it, I come back

again and again. Pink, orange, and yellow

smiles spill out of me like the fresh

brook around the corner gushes 

with love from above — and I take 

a dip after our chasing one another, 

refreshed and met according to 

your agenda — You planned that picnic

we would enjoy effervescently, 

then following a nap in the same 

meadow you called me home. 

Does it get much better than this?

My heart leaps into your Abba arms

everytime I visit this place. And

everytime grace abounds me.