Readings
Jeffrey B. SymynkywiczMeeting the Messiah
When we scale, at last, the wallswhich our hardened hearts have built,
then we come face-to-face, finally,
with the blessedness of one another.
Then we see that these struggling fellow pilgrims
with whom we share this
space
are no longer robbers, pirates, and thieves,
but deepest friends,
most intimate souls.
To see this Creation with the eyes of God
means seeing with the eyes of
peace;
it means finding ways to bind up the broken,
even when the world
says it can't be done.
To scale these walls of alienation and despair
means living our lives in
truth, with justice;
neither denying the holy gifts of our hearts
and
souls, nor hoarding them like miser's gold.
It is the simplest call of all, in essence:
To open ourselves to
God,
we first open ourselves to one another.
Each day we live, in hope,
the deepest possibilities
of our dreams and of our visions in this
life,
we dwell as well in heaven.
Then it is that we will turn and greet one another,
knowing at long last
the simple blessing
of standing fully in the presence of another true
messiah,
face-to-face with one like us: a beaming, holy child of God.
Source: UU Faith Works Summer/Fall 2005
Copyright: The author has given Unitarian Universalist Association member congregations permission to reprint this piece for use in public worship. Any reprints must acknowledge the name of the author.
Last updated on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
