Month: August 2015

2015.08.26: peekaboo

If I say, “Surely darkness shall hide me,
and night shall be my light” – Ps 139:11

as an infant
i cover my eyes
with my hands
looking to hide
from my mother
yet she sees me
and loves me

as a grownup
i cover myself
with the dirt of the world
and filth of my own making
until i can no longer
recognize myself
yet you still know
who i am
and you still love me

i can still almost hear
my mother calling us children
to come inside from the dark
or is that you
calling me to come home
to your waiting arms

2015.08.25: encounter

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel! – Mt 23:24

woe to us hypocrites
who proclaim the Word
yet don’t believe Him
Emmanuel, God with us
who came to remain with us
yet we choose to settle
for man made creeds
we argue over rules
instead of embracing
an encounter with Him
who came to walk with us

the Kingdom of God is here
he is knocking at the door
all we have to do
is open our hearts
and let him in

2015.08.24: fallen

He took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It gleamed with the splendor of God. Its radiance was like that of a precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal. – Rev 21:10-11

how far has man fallen
when we judge
the nature of God
by the outward appearance
of his heavenly city

we turn from his grace
and ignore the beauty
innate inside all of us
and look outward
for signs from heaven

2015.08.23: unworthy host

As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. – Jn 6:66

i am sorry, Lord
i have received you
unworthily. i may have
followed the rituals
prescribed but i did
not allow you to
transform me into
you. the priest can
transform the bread
but i am the only priest
that can transform me

forgive me, my Savior
for each time i ate your
flesh and drank your
blood yet went back
to my former life as
if nothing transpired
as did my ancestors in
the desert who ate manna
from heaven and yet
remained far from you

o holy spirit, give me
the courage to lay down
my life on the altar
and put on the Servant
as for me and my house,
i will serve the Lord.
please do not let me
be an unworthy host

2015.08.22: the servant

The greatest among you must be your servant. – Mt 23:11

Rabbi, your lessons are hard

who will follow you
when you teach
buy high and sell low

who will follow you
when professing belief
is not enough

who will follow you
when one must practice
what one preaches

who will follow you
when the kingdom of God
comes through the cross

Rabbi, your lessons are not
those of this world

if my Master serves me
whom should i serve

speak Lord
your servant is
listening