earthy

you came down to earth, God,

so grace might hold our hands,

we might look love in the face,

hope could be whispered in our hearts,

and wonder unfold around us;

down-to-earth-Jesus,

you walked the dusty roads

of despair at our side;

you called out injustice

as the cruel bully it is;

you embraced all those

the rest of us fear to touch;

keep us down to earth, Spirit,

caring more about the broken

than admiring the breakers;

paying more attention to the vulnerable

than listening to the authoritarian;

filling in poverty’s potholes

rather than building walls.

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman