A Sunday Poem





I follow the God of love and joy; I know the God of peace and justice.
I worship the God of creation, beauty, mercy.
I surrender to the One who made the sun and moon; mountains and deserts.
He knows the hairs on my head...and yours...and his...and hers.  
How wondrous all that there is to learn and be and see and do...and how tumultuous these days of learning and being and seeing and doing.
He chooses us all.  All.  
He made us all and saved us all.  All.
All that remains is our response.  
How do we choose and make and save?  Others.  Our neighbor.  Our enemy.  
Not all of the questions have answers.  
I will say it again: Not all questions have answers.  
The only right answer is love.  Every. Time.  

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