Under God's purview

Under God’s purview
 
All shall be well, Julian of Norwich assured us.
And all manner of things shall be well;
 
which means that all things are well
in the timeless now . . . and always have been,
 
the anchoress relinquishing sin’s burden
for God to shoulder and explicate.
 
All our various beliefs confuse only the mind.
They are reconciled neatly in the heart, 
 
the true crux of the Divine relationship.
Poets who are given this heart-truth
 
try to put it into verse.  Musicians into song,
sculptors into stone.  Painters onto canvas.
 
The saints are given it and try to live by it.
Merwan was granted it and became the Truth.
 
O faithful ones, hurry down to the altar and bow
to your particular Saviour; confess to Him your heart’s desire.
 
O children of God!  All manner of things are well
under God’s purview and always shall be.