“Do you see these great buildings?
Not one stone will be left here upon another.”
—Mark 13.2
When the towers fell
it seemed the center of the world had vanished,
but the center, it turns out, is elsewhere.
When the towers fell
it seemed the end of the world,
but wars and rumors
have come and gone, and here we are.
They said everything changed
but nothing changed.
Empires come, and pass. Stones fall.
Hate and anger are still unable to build, but only destroy.
Still some people harm; some bless.
We seek stones unfallen, but stones still fall.
Even stones are made of smoke.
Listen. Things happen, things pass;
but they don’t express God’s love for you.
That’s constant. And so is God’s invitation.
Now—before the tower of this moment falls—
is the time to decide whether to be kind and how,
whether to show mercy.
This is the moment—unchanging—
and always has been, the moment
to love.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
September 11, 2021