then Father, preserve me take these fresh fruits i pile beside Your throne take this tree i strive to upkeep before You and petrify it, douse it in resin

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The Peregrine Review Volume 37 Article 40 1-1-2024 Heidelberg Catechism Question 54 Abby Smoker Messiah University www.Messiah.edu One University Ave. | Mechanicsburg PA 17055 Follow this and additional works at: https://mosaic.messiah.edu/peregrinereview  Part of the Creative Writing Commons Permanent URL: Recommended Citation Smoker, Abby (2024) "Heidelberg Catechism Question 54," The Peregrine Review: Vol. 37, Article 40. Available at: https://mosaic.messiah.edu/peregrinereview/vol37/iss1/40 Sharpening Intellect | Deepening Christian Faith | Inspiring Action Messiah University is a Christian university of the liberal and applied arts and sciences. Our mission is to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society. This content is freely provided to promote scholarship for personal study and not-for-profit educational use. then Father, preserve me take these fresh fruits i pile beside Your throne take this tree i strive to upkeep before You and petrify it, douse it in resin gather those fruits in large pots and labor over them keep them as jams, sweeten them so they may never spoil then Father! gather me up the tornado of notes and endless words and newborn plans the heartstrings ever requiring tuning run Your red yarn between them, lift them into midair, collect them like postcards You are warmed to receive. then Father, defend! where my shaking hands cannot prop the shield into place where my watchdogs miss, distracted by passing cars where life slips through my fingers because i forget to oil the joints lend me Your shades, that i may see You alone, and You in everything and You in everyone.  H e i d e l b e r g  C a t e c h i s m  Q u e s t i o n  5 4Abby Smoker (Psychology 2023)e m b e l l i s h e d  a r c hEmily Frith (Studio Art 2026)28   

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