Sunday, December 14, 2014

In Full

Today we heard John the Baptist proclaiming he was not the one the people were waiting for.  I am Not The One.  I remember the dinosaur animation from years ago now, where the father dinosaur is addressed by the baby dinosaur as "Not-the-Mama."  It was the only funny line, I thought.  We do this with each other, define one another by who we are not.  Who did you come out into the desert to see?  John asked.  I am not that One.  He's next.  Who are you waiting for?  Do you really know who you are waiting for?  We are each so much more than what we are not.   As is John the Baptist.  And as is, certainly, the Messiah we await.

We are so much more
Than what we are not.
I am not
The one you were expecting.
I never have been.
He never will be.
She will come
On tippy toes.
He will come as wind.
She will come as fire.
Do you even know
The one you expect?
Will he have curly hair?
Will she have perhaps
Only one kidney?
Will his heart beat steady
Or miss a beat
Occasionally?
We are each and all
So much more
Than what we are not
But oh that more
Oh that so much more
Waits on the other side
Of the Jordan,
Waits to enter the promised land,
Waits to be known
In Full.

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