“Wait on the Lord,” we are told. Don’t slide back into anxiety and anger. Don’t rush ahead in a rush to judgment. Don’t demand a quick solution… Don’t assume the worst… do not presume that
an answer is forthcoming. No, wait.
Relax. Rest. Don’t feel the situation has to be fixed. Hold on, and keep your eyes open, and you
will eventually BEHOLD what you do not see now.
Brian
McLaren
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Wait.
Wait?
Wait!
For what?
Sometimes I wonder
How long can we wait?
We watch the world unravel around us
We see hate in high places
We see immigrants caged worse than animals
We see villages in Lebanon destroyed
And politicians taunt prisoners
Wait?
While desperate people in detention centers kill
themselves?
While the BIPOC community loses the vote, and hope?
While UFC fighting cages go up on the White House lawn?
While our leaders push performative religiosity, but
abandon the core principles
Of the religion they push (like a drug)
Yes.
Wait
Stop, for a moment
Breathe
Let Sacred surround you, embrace you, fill you
Don’t let this world
With its horrors
Squeeze you into its mold
But be transformed by the renewing of your mind
By presence
Behold
Behold God
Behold a God who is too big for our minds, and hearts, to
contain
There is no thought we can have of God
That is too good
Everything good about God is true
This God we behold
With awe
This God, who if we wait
Will give us new minds
New hearts
New eyes
God can help us see people, in a new light
God can help us see God’s presence in creation
God can keep us from rushing in blindly
And flailing madly
God can help us choose love
If we wait
And Behold
“All shall be amen and alleluia
We shall rest and we shall see
We shall see and we shall know
We shall know and we shall love
We shall love and we shall praise.
Behold our end which is no end” St. Augustine
