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.