Did you know Jiminy Cricket
is a euphemism for Jesus Christ?
is a euphemism for Jesus Christ?
We tend to make God and the Godman
convenient for ourselves – inconsequential,
lest faith becomes too burdensome,
getting in the way of our will and desire.
getting in the way of our will and desire.
(Unless, of course, we hit a rough patch
and require His comfort and fortitude).
We make Him small enough to fit in our pocket,
We make Him small enough to fit in our pocket,
ride upon our shoulders; imagine Him loyal,
wise, the truth He utters (in a comical chirping voice)
a mere suggestion to take or leave
as through the titillating world we wend and
weave,
nodding our sculpted wooden heads,
bearing our cumbersome, accumulated lies,
hoping to someday become real, untainted, true and alive!
hoping to someday become real, untainted, true and alive!
And to one day find that diffident fellow
who we once were before we lost our way.
who we once were before we lost our way.
O child of God, every memorable story is one
of the soul’s search for the Father.
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