The psalms repeatedly insist that the earth
praises God. How does the earth do this? Through its very being, because Christ
is present in all things. What goes for the earth goes for humans (for we are,
after all, of the earth). Our very existence is an acknow-
ledgment of God’s
creativity and love, which is not earned and cannot be negated. Here is a poem
to encourage you to embrace the God who dwells in you, in all your complexity.
Multitudes
Stop screening your gaze
and you will witness all the earth
living the fullness of God—
Buttercups,
blushing sunrises,
and coral beds,
Yes, but also
howling
gales,
stinging sleet,
and erupting
lava,
For creation is
the body of God
and it contains
multitudes.
You too are
a masterpiece
of magnanimity
and miserliness,
fragility and
ecstasy,
impulsiveness
and
despondency—
An honorable vessel
of the holy imagination,
a blueprint of
possibility
for the revelation
of the infinite One
Who says where I Am
you will be.
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