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Wednesday Wonder
May 23, 2018
Today I am thankful for resilient people
who persist when nothing around them says go ahead
but they do anyway
because they are not afraid
or at least not too afraid.
Today I am thankful for irenic souls
who show courage not through
bombastic declarations,
swagger, or defiant breaking of what's good,
but instead through their quiet confidence.
Today I am thankful for selfless ones
Who do not present themselves as saints,
speaking in pious, unbelievable tones.
They are quietly wrapped in humility
but don't even know they are humble.
Today I am thankful for the splashing
of baptismal pools, clear brooks, and hot showers.
I long for truth to pour down like mighty waters,
to wash the grime of the world,
spoiled by the mockers of God,
who make the beautiful ugly.
Today I am longing for the peace promised,
passing all understanding,
most surely my understanding,
and would trade all my accumulated trophies
for one minute
floating on that divine laser beam.
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