Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Credo

I was commenting on a post at Haligweorc, when I realized that this poem, which I wrote some time ago, said what I needed to say much more compactly than I was accomplishing in prose.

This is not, of course, a final statement of belief. I recite the Apostle's and Nicene Creeds without crossing my fingers. But Jesus is, if you will, graspable in a way that the Father and the Holy Ghost are not. Jesus always had his face turned toward his Father, always pointed to His Father. So, for me, at this time of my life, Jesus is the key to belief. Knowing this about myself gives me a great sense of respect for our Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters who worship the God of Abraham without having the Incarnate Son of God to cling to.

Credo

God is too big to believe in.
So sometimes I can't,
I don't,
I doubt.
But I can believe in Jesus-
Jesus, God's Son,
God's Word,
God's shout: "I am!
I am love! I love you!"
He loves me.

I believe.

God who made quarks and quasars -
God who created time -
walked in the dust to teach us,
spit in the mud to heal us,
died on the Cross to free us,
rose from the grave to lead us
into his love.

I believe.