"I Saw God"

I saw God today: He turned to me and smiled.

He brightened up my dark day in the form of a child.

I saw God at five AM, as the sun peeked over the ocean.

It spread its colors on every wave and cloud,

showing God’s touch in motion.

I saw God at my school when someone stopped a fight.

It seemed like God was shining down His ever peaceful light.

I saw God in the bitter cold where a bell-ringer served ten hours.

She was wind-burned for the needy.

I remembered the cross for sins of ours.

I saw God in a flower; it was growing between boulders.

I remembered the hard times, when God lifted me onto His shoulders.

I saw God in a mother who cooked a meal for a homeless man.

That’s where God is, with the food in his hand.

I saw God in a bluebird who chirped to wake me up.

I remembered to start everyday with my chin always up.

I saw God in a grandmother who had faith in a night’s dream.

She survived three surgeries that night, countless angels at the scene.

I saw God at a funeral. As long-lost sisters hug and cry.

They forgive and forget in a snap.

During years of bickering their daddy’s life had slipped by.

I saw God in the stars: spread, vast, and shining through the dark.

I see what a large and beautiful God I serve.

I’m certain that you’ve seen Him too… Maybe you didn’t recognize,

My God in all His plainness, and in a smaller size,

But there He was I guarantee.

He loves you just as much and He’s here for you,

As blind as you may be.

(copyright Evelyn Worthington)
(poem written in 2006)