The One arrives

After Luke 3:1-22 

The one of which

the prophet spoke,

the one whose sandal

he was unworthy 

to untie, walked

among them, making

way directly

to the Prophet,

joining the people

seeking to be washed.

 

When the waters 

wash over him,

the heavens open,

the Spirit descends

like a dove, and 

a voice, the voice

is heard from above:

you are my Son,

my beloved Son,

in whom I am

well pleased.

 

And the prophet

knew his own time

was passing; 

the greater One

had come.

 

Photograph by Dewang Gupta via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

How Patient Attention Nurtures the Life of the Church – Mere Orthodoxy.

 

One Saving Word – Trevin Was at The Gospel Coalition.

 

Left To – poem by Andrew Roycroft at New Grub Street.