thirty-five

“But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.  So she said to Abraham, ‘Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.’” Genesis 21:9-10

though it is

part of our spiritual DNA

that those touched by grace

become so ungracious,

may we break the cycle

once and for all,

so all might be touched

by the hope, the laughter,

the life which has been given

so freely by our God.

© 2020 Thom M. Shuman