Something That Came to Me Last Night

Last night, as I lay next to the children, helping them ease into sleep, an idea came to me.  I watched it play through my head like a movie - in images and in words and also in feelings.  It was intense and it haunted me.  I shared it with my Mom today and, as I described it to her, she said it sounded like a poem.  That was surprising and reassuring.  She told me that what I shared was something she has never thought of in quite that was and so perhaps it was an original idea, and we don't really have control over our ideas, so perhaps it was meant to be shared.  That was inspiration enough for me to write it up as a poem.  I hope you enjoy it.

How God Sees it, Maybe

At this moment she is experiencing the greatest sorrow of her life

And at this moment he is celebrating his greatest joy.

At this moment he is holding his child, who has just died

And at this moment she is holding her newborn baby.

At this moment a new life is being conceived

And at this moment someone is ending a life.

At this moment a scientist is working to improve the human condition

And at this moment an addict is shooting heroin.

At this moment an artist is creating her masterpiece

And at this moment someone is hitting a child he loves.

And all of this is happening in one moment

Every beautiful awful thing.

And God is in all of us

And so God is in all of it.

And we

God’s greatest work

His beloved

We do all of this

And still

We are his Beloved.