Apparition

An eighty degree
afternoon
in January
should not be wasted.
I thought

And at the beach,
amongst the
Euros
still on vacation
and the pasty
white Canadians
I see
a Brazilian couple
walking in the surf.

And stamped
on her
gym shaped
bicep
was a tat
of the Madonna

Not  a Virgin
at the stable
Madonna.

Not a Mary
standing above
the votive candles
Madonna

But
a Madonna
who had a
I can't stand this anymore
expression.

My trance was broken
by  French kids
coming back from a swim
but not waking their
parents from their nap.

And down the beach
went
the couple
babbling in
a language
only they
could know.

Wedding Crashers

John 2:1-12 NIV

(Wedding at Cana)

“Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.”

Homer Simpson

I wonder 

if Mary had to

drag Jesus

to this affair.

And to make

it more 

tolerable

for Him

add the disciples 

to the guest list.

As the wedding

went on,

He watched

from His table,

the honored couple,

the happy families,

His date

dancing with 

Peter and Andrew,

He hears 

Mary come up

behind Him

and whisper,

“They have no wine.”

And in His

selfishness

He tells her

“That‘s not my problem.”

But His divinity

 sees the bigger

picture.

So the first 

miracle is recorded.

No shame

to the wedding

couple.

No blame

assigned

to the

uninvited

disciples.

Thanks for forgetting

Psalm 103:12 NIV

If God is
omniscient
but
does not
remember
our
confessed
sins,
is He
omniscient?

I
guess
He
would say,
“My child,
there are
things
not worth
remembering.”

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Mugshot -7089

I
wonder
why
someone
had to
scrawl
his death date
on the mug shot.

Was he
thinking
like
Pilate and Caiaphas
that
life would
return back
to the way
it was?

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

Matthew 1-2/Luke1-2

Christmas
is a
season
of losing and
discovering.

Zechariah
lost his voice
arguing
with an angel.

He regains
his voice
filled with
the Holy Spirit.

Elizabeth
lost her
shame
of childlessness.

Her joy
is multiplied
when
meeting Mary
(and Jesus)

Joseph
decides to
lose Mary
quietly.

But through
a dream
he lets
Love
come to town
(and the world)

The Magi were
lost
despite following
the star.

After hearing
the Prophets,
they rediscovered
the star
that lead them
to the King.


May this
new year
reveal
the lost gifts
in your life.