Saturday, September 26, 2015

Jal's conviction

Jal’s conviction                                                                                       

Brother Jal requested early proof
You were Who You say You are.

Into his palm a hot coal dropped,
Jal’s conviction established

when in Your presence he felt no pain.
But we note the seared flesh,

the permanent damage, his agony
recurrent  in Your every absence.

That consequence, threat, cost keeps us
firmly in the twilight, limbo state of faith,  

paying Your status lip service, glibly eschewing
the proof, the frightening, possible damage

and anguish of taking into hand
the terrible truth of Who You and God really are.

O child of God, until truth is for its own sake sought,
the heart and mind will ever shy away.


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