"We are so much greater than we know' (Sunday, October 30, 2011)

We are so much greater than we know

We are so much greater than we know,
we oftentimes small and paltry beings,
men and women who walk
but few years upon this earth.

For there is shining within our souls
an illimitable light, a great force,
a speck of the fire born at the Creation,
which magnifies our beings and makes them whole.

Even in our smallness, our greatness sings.
Our brokenness itself speaks of wholeness,
and often, our pain speaks of joy.
In us, all powers of Life become one.

                                                                                    

The Spirit rises within us, and all at once,

the dark is cast away in its glow;
the holy darkness descends over surly day
and brings to birth deeper manifestations of our being.

We are so small, and yet
there beat within us hearts as strong
as that thundering fire that shook the heavens
and brought this world to birth.

We are so small, and yet
we are so much greater than we know.

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