Sixth Wednesday in Lent

"You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all; and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." 2 Corinthians 3:2-3

when we could

be an angry tweet, 

may we be a bird

singing of joy.

when we could 

offer bitter snark,

let us share living

waters of compassion.

when we could 

dash off an email

filled with disdain,

may we handwrite

a welcome note to

the immigrant family

moving into the neighborhood.

when we could scramble

the letters in the gospel

to offer only rejection, 

hate, and ridicule, 

continue to write that

Word of grace and hope

on our fractured hearts,

with that hand which

trembles with grief.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

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