Hunger

Dearly Beloved,

Grace and Peace to you.
         
         

We sit at our tables
things falling off
hungry
for the deep hunger we've lost
the one we were born with
for life, all of it, and earth,
and humanity,
all of it,
outside the gate.

We feed ourselves insatiably,
growing hungrier by the mouthful
tasting less
seeing, hearing less and less
lest we see through the gate,
lest we see Lazarus,
reclining in the gutter
of Abraham's bosom,
lest we see all of this wide life
in his tear-drained eyes,
lest we see this terror
that we're dying of hunger.

Safe in our torment
on this side of the great chasm
we still long for a drop of heaven's water.
Hungering for compassion, we have none.
Starving to live life, we don't.

O soul, in your familiar flames,
heaven is right here.
Go through the gate.




         
         
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve

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