For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. – Jn 3:34
the words of God are seeds
first germinated by belief
then watered and nurtured
by the gift of the Spirit
in time to bear fruit
each according to design
teach me to love more today
than I did yesterday
so my words don’t ring hollow
like noisy clanging gongs
hawk and flycatcher
drying off red- and scissor-
tails after the rain
Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. – Jn 3:18
First-among-angels
witnessed and believed his eyes
yet remained unchanged
condemned is his lot
if believing were enough
peace would fill the world
“And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” Jn 3:14-15
whether a belief is actuated
feverishly out of fear from the mind
perfunctorily as a duty on the lips
or laboriously from the loving heart
each will be rewarded accordingly
“Do not be amazed that I told you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” – Jn 3:8
from above we’re born
moving like the restless wind
’til we’re home again
Longing For Water 