Jan Wood
Honorable Mention 2006 Utmost Christian Poetry Contest $50
I write in response to questions that bully my Faith for answers. It is the only way I know to quiet them. This piece grew from the following: “If the avenue to Grace and Peace is forgiveness, isn’t it a wisdom-poor society that negates the need for it?"
I have chased my Faith in God, found it in pieces in my community, in the forests, along the lakes and riverbanks of Northern Saskatchewan. I have observed its validation in my mentors, in parenting and teaching. I have been blessed with family and friends and many fulfilled dreams.
…and Jesus was baptized
(Matthew 3:13–14)
| why did he stand in that Jordan River if he was fully God why didn't he stay on the dry riverbank present and accounted for a dense and nuclear loneliness instead like an ordinary person he stepped forward against John's counsel in need of conviction or a sign why is there more fear than relief when the truth descends |
do I not want him fully man do I wish he stayed clearly delineated God waiting letting doubts rise in muddied waters with the rest do I push him ashore not want him quite so close |
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