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Monday, January 5, 2015

Poem: "Epiphany" by Walter Brueggemann

On Epiphany day,
     we are still the people walking.
     We are still people in the dark,
          and the darkness looms large around us,
          beset as we are by fear,
                                        anxiety,
                                        brutality,
                                        violence,
                                        loss —
          a dozen alienations that we cannot manage.
We are — we could be — people of your light.
     So we pray for the light of your glorious presence
          as we wait for your appearing;
     we pray for the light of your wondrous grace
          as we exhaust our coping capacity;
     we pray for your gift of newness that
          will override our weariness;
     we pray that we may see and know and hear and trust
          in your good rule.
That we may have energy, courage, and freedom to enact
         your rule through the demands of this day.
         We submit our day to you and to your rule, with deep joy and high hope.

2 comments:

  1. "We submit our day to you and to your rule, with deep joy and high hope." That sentence contains the essence of how to live powerfully. If we don't expect God to be present in our day then we will miss so many precious opportunities. Thank you for sharing this. I will continue to reflect on it.

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    1. Submission, which we North Americans resist, can be good for our souls as we open ourselves to God.

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