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WINGED HOPE
Where dwelleth hope?
A gossamer-winged creature
Hope
Lying ever within reach
Yet just beyond grasp
Akin to myriad of miniscule butterflies
Caught in perpetual dance
All about me
The air alive with their mystery
I move from place to place
Captive to their ballet
Yet never able to see them
Delicate wings beat against heated air
Stirring it with their presence
Bodied-burden never alighting
Even for a breath
To let me in
That I might capture
But for the merest whisper of a moment
Their illusive image
Wings
Myriad upon myriad
Flutter in breath-taking swirling motion
Leaving me energized
Heart-lightened
Hope’s mystery
Doeth it lie here …
In promise?
I see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near …(a)
Seen
Yet awaited
Present
Yet Hope distant
We are children of God
And what we will be has not yet been made known
But we know that when He appears
We shall be like Him
For we shall see Him as He is … (b)
Herein lieth hope
Not grasped
But ... embraced
Hope …
Borne aloft on gossamer wings
Lives in faithing’s realm
Unsuited to life
In sighted lands
Vision’s sphere would hold hope
Earthbound
Hope soars
From days of old
A-wing
On Truth’s freedom-breeze
Now faith is being sure
Of what we hope for
And certain
Of what we do not see … (c)
Embracing Hope
I join the eternal ballet
… and am set free
(a) Numbers 24:17 (NIV)
(b) 1 John 3:2 (NIV)
(c) Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
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