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Only Love Saves Us
I am away for the weekend in Massachusetts, spending time with my family: aunts, cousins, sister and parents. All these important relationships, people who have known me since the moment I first drew breath (or I've known them since their first breath). Family is a beautiful gift, even as it can be messy and complicated - something Jesus knew well (read the story about when his siblings and mom were skeptical of his ministry). But the common thread through the laughter and stories and wounds we carry, is love.
So, I share a poem about the beautiful gift that love can be in our lives by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer.
Like every day, this day
it is clear that only love
will save us. Not in the grandiose
abstract way, but in the alarmingly
specific way. As in forgiveness, now.
As in choosing to hold our own hand instead
of swinging back. As in taking
three deep breaths before saying
something we regret. Love saves us
from thirsting in the desert of our lives,
but only if we save it first by
choosing it, now in this moment
of angry words, now in this moment
of clenched thoughts, now in
this moment when we’d rather
taste venom, but instead, we
pour love into our cup and
bring it to our lips and drink
and drink and offer it to others until once again
only love makes sense,
only love refills the cup.
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Blessings,
Rev Jill
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