Occasionally (and always unexpectedly)
there are found random gifts of perception,
small openings into the liminal spaces
where prayer becomes life, and life
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Excellent! How did I miss this one earlier? Outstanding work to which I bestow five stars!
I am so happy that this is a true story ~~~to write such a poem demonstrates that God bends down and whispers into a man's good soul
another thing I enjoy about your writings is that awesome vocabulary of yours! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I am going to put a copy of this poem into my Bible to read it often and well. You are a magnificent poet and a man with a great Godward heart and I am proud to know you
I could never in a million words or a million tears express this ---this glimpse of eternity--that God bestowed on you. Oh, we try to express the inexpressible but you, dear man, succeeded.
Smoky I thought this is the most beautiful poem you've written
Fantastic poem, my friend. You belong with the greatest poets on this website. True stories are always the best.
Hey, Smoky! Yes, it's always unexpected, unforced—a gift, a grace, of clarity. And how much these moments mean! I think of the message from God to mystic Julian of Norwich while the Plague raged around her, All shall be well. And all shall be well. -Glen