Repent,
for the realm of heaven has come near.
—Matthew 3.2
Expect not a regime imposed,
but a wonder unfolding.
A healer, weeping,
bends over a sick and wounded world.
Do all you can to resist the temptation
to push away the hand.
(How have we lived, trying so hard
to fix what can only be healed?)
Repentance is no great work,
but allowing the miracle to take place.
Accept the wondrous mystery, cries the prophet,
for grace is so close to the surface.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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