We so underestimate…..

Beloved
means
more
than we allow it.

It
is
deeper,
more all encompassing,

far
more
powerful
than our imagination,

even
at it’s
most,
let me repeat that… MOST

absurdly,
freakishly
wishful.
Beloved swallows us

in a love
only,
and yes,
let me repeat that

as I stand broken
at the mountaintop….
ONLY
as God can do.

About This Poem

Today’s Lenten word is “beloved.” We hear it all the time, quaintly old fashioned somehow. And yet, it means more than “you guys are liked”. It means we are treasured, cherished, embraced, protected, empowered…. all this and more.

How do we miss that?

About these Lenten Poems

My friend Cathy Benson is on to something. Instead of doing without for Lent, she is doing MORE with a prayer project that is thoughtful and caring.

Giving up something for Lent is a church tradition, not a biblical command. It was designed to get our minds and hearts right as we approach the holy week and Easter. It’s a good spiritual discipline.

But I think a spiritual discipline of doing something more is also a powerful way to prepare our hearts for Easter. The Methodists, through their “Rethink Church” initiative have come up with a photographic way to do this (see below). I am going to add a poem with each image for the lent season to help prepare myself. Feel free to glom on to the idea, visit the blog and read, or share your thoughts and prayers.