Steve Garnaas-Holmes’ poem / reflection, Be Ready, is perfect prep for this coming Sunday,
the new church year and the first week of Advent. (But first — Thanksgiving, a Saturday Breakfast
prepared by Old First and Greening the Church!)
Be ready
You must be ready,
for the Human One is coming
at an hour you do not expect.
Grace flits in, a butterfly in winter.
Forgiveness dismantles gallows.
A child, frightened, stands anyway.
The minds of the dulled
are on other things.
Heaven passes unnoticed.
The naive keep waiting
for the white horse, the sword.
Foggy opera glasses.
Cynics, fearing the mystery,
can always prove otherwise.
The lock snaps shut.
The faithful are not sure
but open,
watching for the luminous.
A spirit, wholly given,
emerges
like a song among many.
Blessed are the ready, watching,
over and over,
for the world made new.
