In a weary world
In the pressure
In the worries
In the moment
What emerges from our heart
What erupts?
What seeps?
Do we even see it?
Do we surprise ourselves…
Others?
The heat in our eyes
The hate in our voices
The sarcasm in our sentences
The destruction in our gossip
Have we left true life
by striving for entitlement?

Step by step
Climb the hill
Approach the cross
Kneel before
experience the resurrection love
be the cross
nail the right to be right
to the cross
and be love.

In essentials unity 
In non-essentials Liberty
In all things love.

Credits: Moravian Proverb

Starting Thoughts:
Relationships change over time, sometimes the changes are fast and become toxic. Covid and the blowtorch on the political and social thinking that it bought surprised people as friendships they had changed markedly. How should we really be the church of God, the kingdom of God in these times of stress?
Poem Topic Tags: character, church, cross, equality, friendship, gossip, life, love, relationships, unity
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