A Matter that Moves One Toward Faith

Three in one, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Spent my life time trying to understand it
Father, Mother, the Holy One created
Evil, good, chaos, order; toward goodness order was weighted
Then there is Jesus; God in person to be seen
Making his way in the world our sorry lives to redeem
The spirit Holy comes to allow for singing God’s refrain
The Holy Spirit presents in our lives God and Jesus to sustain
Three in One; a tedious difficult rational precept
The mystery, not understood, as an act of faith accepts

The Pentecost of the Human Spirit

War’s raging fires smothered the youthful fire to a smoldering ember.
Now it flames forth in those coming to life’s October and November
We are cojoled to be quiet and not speak of the loss
We are encouraged to confront God’s spirit at Pentecost
How does one accept the burning spirit of the living God
When we refuse to give the fullness of our human spirits a mere nod
We symbolize this day with a bright fiery red
Yet we fight to smother the fire burning in our own heads
A conversation, a touch, a look or maybe a lost word
Breaks open the fire to babble its truth that seeks to be heard
So come now Holy Spirit of God our Creator
Flame our human spirits that with your spirit we may eternally soar.