January 1st, 2016

Human Being

A being of body, soul, and spirit

Welcome to the Earth.

You have come with a soul

Shaped by a long past.

Shaped by the future, too.

Now let it be shaped by the Earth,

The realm of death.

It will be shaped by your community of souls

Who only know death,

By which they have come to know themselves

But, not knowing Christ

They no longer know life.

Fear not!

Through Christ can the Holy Spirit work

The healing spirit

That leads you to the truth.

Be patient!

It may take many life-times.

It may take an instant.

You may wander through many a maze

Of quarks and leptons,

Of holographic dinosaur bones, Artifacts of your creation

Creating many illusions of pasts and futures

Vast universes, rent by black holes.

Full of dead, dumb matter.

But later, if not sooner,

You will look within.

You will find the power

Through which creation comes,

You will find the spirit power

Through which you shape your future

And yourself.

A worthy future, when united with Christ.

by Jerry Bains