If faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1)
I wonder, then, if presence could be the substance of faith…
What it’s made of. Where wishful thinking and high hopes
Come in for a landing. Where good intentions and all-the-right-words
Take on flesh and bone, move in with us, and go to work.
Our endlessly inventive catalogue of pros and cons
Compasses that only point left or right
One-word ideologies and bumper-sticker theology
Leave me wondering about the nature:
Of looking up
Standing by
Waiting for
Leaning on
Being with
Coming to
To have to choose
Between HD black-and-white
And high-resolution shades-of-gray
Often leaves me wondering
If perhaps we aren’t coloring with all the crayons in the box.
Daily Prayers for Moravians Has Moved!
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Please note: The Daily Prayers for Moravians Blog has now moved to
https://www.moravian.org/daily-prayers-for-moravians/. I have now ceased
publishing here...
5 years ago
2 comments:
I really like " maybe we aren't coloring with all the crayons in the box"
your mind is just incredible; wish I could think like that.
JUNE
Heyy Brian, just passing by!
I miss you and my family! =)
We should talk more!
Your blog is really good and yours stories are always making me think a lot about the whole World and how we deal with people and feelings!
You're just a wonderful person!
Love,Isa
PS: Tell the rest of the family that I miss then and taht I want the news!
And I also like the passage "maybe we aren't coloring with all the crayons in the box"
=)
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