For God so loved the world
he came between a mother and the
baby at her breast
so that each saw the image of love
reflected in the other’s eyes
God so loved the world
that he sat at the street corner
and begged for our attention
For God so loved the world
he sang
and the children laughed and danced
and clapped their hands
God so loved the world that
he danced in the child
and the grown-ups laughed
in astonishment
For God so loved the world
he whispered through the blood of the dying
See how our hearts speak
the same language?
See what happens when
our hearts stop talking?
God so loved the world
that he flew with the birds
for the sheer joy of it
and rested in the rustling leaves
of an oak
For God so loved the world
he streamed through the man’s tears
until the woman could no longer bear the vision
and she wiped them away, reverently
First published in Trinity Cathedral’s Lenten Meditations, 2005
Wow. So beautiful. Words fail me.
Wow – thanks, Caro!