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Communion
Have you ever had one of those relaxed, beautiful, time-suspended visits with friends? I wrote this poem after such an afternoon – plain old barbeque, beer and lazy conversation on the outside, but glowing with the awareness that Christ was in our midst…that ‘our midst’ had, in fact, become His Presence during those Sabbath hours. Our friendship was so full of Him, yet we didn’t discuss only ‘things spiritual,’ or speak in hushed voices, or even advance in holiness much during that day. What made it so special was, really, that He shone so unmistakably through it all. When my hear rose, it rose through real gratitude for solid, mortal, material friends, to Him.
May you experience that alchemy in the simple circumstances of your daily life! By the way, alchemists were looking for ways to turn base substances to gold. A pal tells me not everyone will know that!
COMMUNION
My friend, thou art
unutterably dear
to me.
My heart is yet
delighting in your face
as we
take leave of our
sweet fellowship and fun
though yet
we might have stayed
and lingered longer still.
Instead,
my soul on wings
of gratitude for you
has met
the One in Whom
our friendship has been forged.
Oh wait!
My soul set free,
now rushing out beyond
the walls
of her defense,
as from within your eyes
He calls –
A flame of praise
in base community
takes hold
and careless burns –
Our love by alchemy
transformed
utterly in
the holocaust of Love
to gold.
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