Cure the sick; raise the dead;
cleanse those with a skin disease; cast out demons.
—Matthew 10.8
You don’t have the powers of those who wound the realm,
nor those who seem able to save.
But, friend, the One who brought you into life
wove themselves deep into your being
with powers that you from behind your eyes may never see.
Simply in your way of being, if you so choose,
there flows a grace that heals.
It is not yours, but the power of the Beloved.
The forgiveness you have been granted
mends beyond you.
The gentleness with which you are held
spreads like the scent of a flowering lilac.
The grace you are given courage to trust
and to bear casts out demons of fear.
Imagine the mystery that there thrives in your heart
forgiveness that cleanses,
beauty that cures,
love that raises dead.
Don’t long for some great magical powers.
Let the heart of your Lover beat in you.
The blessing whose spring is within you
flows out to the ends of the world.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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