nor even imagined,
the young man is
given two gifts,
two beyond his
abilities and talents:
one, encouragement;
the other, faith.
One aims outward,
flowing across a
horizontal plane,
washing and cleansing,
softening the hard
edges of rocks into the
roundedness,
the smoothness of
stones.
The other lifts upward,
emerging from the
darkness as it speeds,
then hurtles in a
sweeping trajectory
toward the light.
He knows the
desolation inward;
he knows the
two are true.
Photograph by Nancy Rosback. Used with permission.
20 comments:
Encouragement and faith -- not contrasting, but complimentary gifts.
I believe in you, because God believes in you.
Yes. Good morning with Glynn's poem and a cup of coffee.
Lovely images. Better message.
:)
Wow. this is powerful Glynn. Wonderful.
You gave a huge gift with this poem...well done!
Goodmorning... love the poem.
Ooo! This is my fave so far!
Wow. Seriously, Glynn. This is amazing.
Beautiful.
Dare I say? -- your poetry grows.
Beautiful and I love the imagery. Thanks Glynn.
I like this very much: how you see the easiness of using the gift of encouragement, how you know the difficulty of having and maintaining faith, and knowing through the one the other is possible.
The delicacy in Nancy's lovely image is well reflected in your words.
So lovely.
I love the images you painted in my mind.
Your words "sweeping trajectory" will stick with me all day.
This belongs in a book, better yet, on the cover of a book.
Blessings.
"he knows the two are true"
ah, that is something I think about a lot these days
i am a little slow at getting to my reading today. i heard about this post, before even got past comments left on my blog, that come in my email. so i came right away to see what you had posted.
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i think my heart stopped, to hear the words better, as i read.
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and yes, you do have these gifts, and so glad that you do.
i love the part, "given two gifts...beyond his abilities and talents..."
it makes me realize that God is giving Himself in the gifts that He gives to us.
that He and His power is in them...in us.
(oh...and i like the part about the stones..of course.)
yes, this really is you
and i love the words
the wonderful expression
and everything that they share
i am truly thankful
He has gifted you well.
And you are a gift.
Glynn ~this truly beautiful.
"hurtling in a sweeping trajectory towards the light. . ." You paint an awesome picture with your words.
Quite thought-provoking.
Encouragement and faith allies. Good to hear. I sometimes wonder if I'm not flattering, or maybe tempting one toward pride. But I genuinely want them to know that God's blessing came through them. Thanks for the great poetry, Glynn. Maybe soon I'll throw in some words in that vein. (Nice art by Nancy, as well.)
Powerful gifts. Powerful words.
Thank you for sharing them -- and for the mention in your Saturday Good Reads!
two gifts
together building inward,
self confidence
and compassion.
Nicely done Glynn.
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