Radically Happy

Fire falls from heaven / 
Like lightning // I am hurled to my feet / 
Transfigured…

I still find it hard to trust. “Because you forget that YOU are also My unfaithful bride.”

Don’t give me your heart / 
I’ll just break it / 
Then we won’t have enough…

I wonder / 
If that was why / 
Jesus brought me here / 
To entertain the orphans / 
As comic relief…

I thought the goal / 
Was to go fast and far / 
Not slow and soft…

I look for Jesus. // He is holding my shoes / But won’t give them to me…

And then I realize // This is Christmas / Or at least / The Day Before // This is how / God enters the world…

He is the glass-blower / Filling us with His Spirit // We do not lose / Our individuality / We do not lose / Our mobility // But as the temperature heats up / We flow…

Jesus / Stepped / On me // Smooshed me / Deformed me / Folded me / Spindled me…

He sees my eyes / 
Then for them He shapes / 
A head / 
A body / 
Limbs / 
Features…

He is / 
Holding me / 
On both sides / 
In every dimension / 
And then some…

I cannot / Reconcile / His heart / And my head… // I cannot see Him / At first / Because He is too enormous…

He is the rain / Soaking into everything / Everyone // Filling dry mouths / Parched souls / Empty hearts…

I cannot see their pain / But I feel the broken heart of Jesus // My heart breaks / I weep…

Maybe we Gen-X-ers weren’t power hungry enough. / We were focused on keeping our heads down just to survive. / But perhaps that is only because we didn’t understand the power of the cross.

Improbably / I become lighter / Like a helium balloon // A giant cloud / Pregnant with rain / Overshadowing the land…

He stomps His feet / And makes a crater / That fills with water / Holy water…

I am the wave / Caused by Jesus // He / Is surfing / On me…

I kiss His feet / He blesses mine / And I start running / On top of the waves / Out to sea // Out to see…