The Question
If, as seems possible,
what is not given
will be taken away,
a certain generosity of
heart is advisable,
the problem being
you have to want to
give those very things
you don’t want taken
away.
It is a serious puzzle
and largely unsolvable
by rational minds,
minds
given first place in a
feeling, irrational world,
grasping, clinging,
holding on. I
ask again the question
of grace, of losing one’s
life and finding it
again.
Surprised, Amazed
How surprised Jesus was
by Judas’s kiss
he’d been expecting
all along.
How amazed we were:
God’s supreme
accomplishment
is forever being
surprised at himself.
Requiescat
Is it true – do you
think? –
that God can’t resist
our prayers,
hearing them? As when you can’t
draw your eyes away
from a rose-purple
sunset, marvelous
surprise of the common
but bitter, too. Is
there relief
for a brokenhearted god
who can’t stop
listening
to our wounding cries?
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