Can you tame God, pin God down,
Make God do the things you want?
As the wind whips the branches in a wild dance,
Can you stop God dancing on her own grave?
As the water rushes headlong over rapids
Can you stop God rushing in where angels fear to tread?
As the hailstones sting like arrows
And the lightening forks the earth
Can you stop the sting of God hitting home
Or the blast of light that comes from God’s truth?
If you can do none of this,
but stand naked in God’s eye
Knowing that this wild untameable God,
Creator of the cosmos,
Is also the renewing Spirit that remakes everything in her image,
And calls you to bear witness to the fury and the majesty
As the gory sun declares her glory day in and day out,
Then you too can take up her offer,
To wear the marks and the Crown,
To hold out your arms,
Ready, waiting, embracing,
On the tree.

In our life and our believing
The love of God

JAL 28.10.2018