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.
Among her many other achievements, Jan Wood was Utmost's International Christian Poet Laureate for 2008 and 2009.
…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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