Happy Thanksgiving!
Today begins "A-Poem-a-Day
Until Christmas."
DAYENU IN AUTUMN
It Would’ve
Been Enough!
It’s late autumn—
The High Holy Days
are over
It is several
months until Passover
so this is not the
season of the year
when we sing
“Dayenu” at Beth Israel
with grateful
hearts, because
the apple of God’s
eye survived the Exodus
and made it to the
Promised Land
Still, I’m feeling
thankful today
and feel like
singing “Dayenu”
Thanksgiving Day
is approaching
and I’m meditating
upon God’s goodness
If God had merely
given me life
but didn’t make me
capable, strong and vibrant
it would’ve been enough!
If He had placed
me in a family
but not an
environment of acceptance, security, love
it would’ve been enough!
If God had
provided me with daily bread and water
but not fruit and
vegetables, meat and cake
it would’ve been enough!
If He had simply
given me shelter
and not a pleasant
home cozy, warm, and safe
it would’ve been enough!
If God had drawn
me to Himself
but didn’t fill my
heart with jubilation
it would’ve been enough!
And if He led me to
the Cross
but didn’t reveal
the countless splendors
the Cross secured
for me in eternity
it certainly would’ve been enough!
but God’s
generosity knows no bounds
and my cup is
spilling over into its saucer
with His bounty of
wondrous blessings
so I shall thank
Him with praise and hallelujahs
singing with all
my might—
Day dayenu, day dayenu
day dayenu dayenu dayenu!
Maude Carolan Pych
"Behold the Lamb...poetically!"
by Maude Carolan Pych
is available online.
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