A child

After Romans 8:12-25

A child, abandoned,

alone, is found and

touched, claimed,

adopted to become

a son, a son

who cries father

with assurance,

knowing he belongs

now, and because

of this, he’s an heir,

guaranteed a place

with fellow heirs,

able to claim

what is promised,

an inheritance of life,

an inheritance of suffering,

an inheritance of glory.

Photograph by Max Goncharov via Unsplash. Used with permission.