Nothing is impossible

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

If nothing is impossible
with God, what can be trusted?
The sun may lose its grip on heaven,
fall helpless to the ocean,
sink or set the world aflame,
melting its willing, molten heart.
Birds of prey may sing lullabies
understood by fools and babies –
but not by the wise and cynical –
in a conspiracy of kinds.
God may labour to become a child
born of laughable mercy,
conceived in the creatively
impossible, aching love of God.

#PreparingforSundaywithpoetry, Advent IV edition. Luke 1:37

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About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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1 Response to Nothing is impossible

  1. messenger739's avatar messenger739 says:
    December 21, 2023 at 5:05 pm

    “The creatively impossible, aching Love of God.”
    This whole writing is just so poetically beautiful.
    Thank you 🙏🏽

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