Becoming Real

d.267, Becoming Real

 

Most often the change begins quietly, like birth.

Somnolent infant brought to the baptismal font.

Group gathered in worship, God giving worth,

Liturgy done in a special place not a secular haunt;

 

Individuals grow in context, community surrounds each one.

Personality responds to the mixed influences of life.

Creator provides amazing abundance, real pain, real fun.

Spirit leads, guides, inspires, gathers ‘midst sins’ strife.

 

Each day we walk along the path, Word Made Flesh leads.

Eyes open, ears alert, senses attuned to our job at hand.

Justice for the unjust brings a confrontation with weeds.

Each walker required to tote a load even in shifting sand.

 

Bring real change to a world that resists heartily,

Dramatic moments guaranteed throughout the day.

Conversation evolves, sometimes dully, sometimes “smartilly”.

Being the change agent, a significant price to pay;

 

Ground of Being accompanies each living thing at all times.

Gathered spirituality concretizes into expressed religions.

Healthy growth, strong presence seen clearly in songs’ rhymes.

Open doors, willing hearts, sincere hugs, informed decisions.

 

Religion’s the artifact of the spiritual life.

Church facilities either a workshop or tombstone.

Creator engages each living thing as a husband a wife,

Lovingly sets a meaning to be found, etched in stone.

 

Early childhood faith rejoices in songs catchy, yummy snacks.

Adolescent faith questions anything stable or solid it finds.

Early adult faith wants the truth unvarnished, the facts.

Mature faith embraces paradox, proceeding where’re life winds.

 

We make our way down this path, a four minute air supply.

Adventurers all, Word Made Flesh, our faithful leader;

Real adult faith a goal to attain in service not ego to gratify;

Author your life’s tome, not someone else’s reader.

 

The Rev. Ronald Allen Melver, M.Div.

20.8.13