Six stone jars

After John 2:1-11 

They hold water,

these six stone jars,

sculpted and used

for water to purify.

These six stone jars

are empty, currently,

waiting for the next

rite of purification

to be used. Ordinary

vessels, ordinary

stone, waiting

for the time to be

extraordinary, like

when he tells 

the servants to fill

the jars with water.

When the water is

drawn, it’s become

wine, not ordinary

wine, the cheap stuff,

but exceptional wine,

the kind of vintage 

served first, if at all.

Ordinary water 

has become

extraordinary

wine.

 

Photograph by Mohammed Taseen via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Friday Readings

 

The Voivode’s Mosque – Paul Kingsnorth at The Abbey of Misrule.

 

I Corinthians 13 – the Apostle Paul at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

Hymn of the Week: Thine is the Glory – Anthony Esolen at Word & Song.