They asked him, “Boss, is this the time
when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He replied, “It is not for you to know…
But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
—Acts 1.6-8
God, will you please restore democracy now?
Just grab the remote and select the scene
and start at the happy ending, OK?
Nope. No skipping ahead,
no distraction gazing at a future that isn’t here.
Stop wishing.
And stop thinking politics will save you.
God will not jump in, align with any party,
occupy any office. God is love, not a fixer.
God pours power into us, the fire of love.
We are witnesses to that love. There is no plan,
no platform, just this passion for the world.
Even when times are dire (yes, the temple
will soon fall) our only power is love.
But it wakens crowds, turns ships.
Out we go, outward and ever outward,
aflame with tender mercy, beyond all boundaries
till they are no more, and there is only love.
__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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