Where are the other nine?
Did none of them return to give glory to God
except this foreigner?
—Luke 17.17-18
It was the immigrant
who returned to give thanks.
Outsiders endure what we wouldn’t,
grateful for what we assume.
Accustomed to kindness,
confident of belonging,
we take for granted
what is pure gift,
truly miracle.
Pray we need not suffer
to learn gratitude.
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Weather Report
Showers of blessing,
a thorough drenching,
made possible by the humility—
unless, with the proper protection of deserving,
you are untouched.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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