Mary Queen of Bees. Diane Glancy

could crawl as a bee, awkward with its heavy wings. I am silent in this wretched house filled with God. No one hears. Not even God who must be poor also, though He owns cattle, the Bible says—Psalm 50:10.

      The Israelites made offerings of animal sacrifice in the Old Testament, but that was before Christ offered himself in the New Testament. Now we make our offerings with the praises of our mouth. I praise You for my bent feet. I praise You for the stiffness of my back. I praise You for prison. I praise You for our father’s debt. I praise You for parents that only meet to make more children.