Sunday, February 23, 2025

February 23rd

"As a mother comforts her child,
   so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in
   Jerusalem."   Isaiah 66:13

into neighborhoods
crumbling in despair,
you come, wearing your tool belt
filled with hope and grace;

where families are torn apart
by old grudges
and fresh wounds,
you swaddle them in
cloths drenched with
peace and forgiveness;

in places where children
are abandoned on the streets
by politicians and platitudes,
you gather them up
and bring them home with you.

(c) Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman

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