Entitlement

          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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