…God is [one] “who maketh the dead alive and calleth into
being the things that are not.” The
spell of the dogma of hopelessness – ex nihilo nihil fit – is broken where the
One who raises the dead is recognized to be God… In love, hope brings all things
into the light of the promises of God.
Jugen
Moltmann, Theology of Hope
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the words are blurred
and cannot be read
tired eyes and a tired heart
cannot comprehend the fragile words of hope
ancient prophets may throw words of hope
into the air
casually, as if they were nothing
commonplace
But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.
But for me, the words do not come
my voice is silent
Ah Micah!
did you not see the great devastation?
the cities ground into dust beneath the feet of the
invaders?
did you not see corrupt leaders
lead your beloved country into captivity?
How?
How?!
could you look at
the greed and graft, the abandonment of good
the failure to “do justly, and to love mercy, and to
walk humbly”
and not despair?
How did you know
that unto us a child would be born
and live
and die
and live again?
how did you know that God
is the one who makes the dead alive
and calls into being that which is not?
Was it the sun rising in the east?
Was it the beauty of a summer sky?
Was it a still small voice, echoing in your soul?
Was it a faint murmuring in your heart?
It is not an easy task
bringing all things into the light of the promises of God
when we live with the “cross of the present”
and peer into the future
through the pall of authoritarianism, greed
global warming
racism, hate,
how, as we see our world
led by enmity and falsehood
and spiraling into chaos
and violence
can we still say
“I watch in hope?”
and live into the possibilities
Ah, Love
The Love which takes all pain upon itself
Ah Love
Hell is hopelessness
Do not let us enter the gates
Set our feet on another path
may we catch a glimmer of newness
so that we might walk through
another day
Oh God of the Exodus
and the resurrection
the one who makes all things new
God of the wanderer
of the lost
be with us this day
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