I read a part of this poem, now also mentioned in the video clip, “The Gift from the Homeless Man” in my Thanks-giving service. Here is the full poem. May receiving it somehow serve your journey…
“I Used to Want a Ph.D”
I used to want a Ph.D.
but that was long before I caught
You, my Beloved,
smiling at me through those sparkled leaves…
waving at me from that bottomless sky…
Long before I heard Your call pulsating soft
against the light brown breasts of
those two morning doves
caught on my screen porch…
Before I was abruptly stopped by that glance…
from the homeless man on the corner –
the one with the sign…
holding me fast by my surprise love for him…
Until later I realized it was You…
And, yes, my Beloved
Even long before you spoke for me when I could not…
I used to want a Ph.D. so I would know.
Now my soul, not knowing and undone
soars in stillness
helplessly caught in Your wonder.
Stephanie Rutt 