His Love Never Quits
after Psalm 136 Maker of iris and eyelash His love endures forever God who sees beyond substance His love endures forever Who holds blood vessels and bones together His love endures forever Who hears a heart cry and nudges another His love endures forever The God of seconds and epochs, sand and blackhole His love endures forever You caught my ceiling-pointed prayers before I knew how to pray His love endures forever You kept silent and waited while I tried to outbest you His love endures forever You wept as I raged at the idol I’d made of you His love endures forever You called my name and claimed me before I ran to my enemy His love endures forever You picked splinters of lies from the tender flesh of my fist His love endures forever You drew my borders and handed me crayons His love endures forever You steadied the ship that bore my newborn great-grandmother Your love endures forever You fortified weakness and gave scared parents your courage Your love endures forever You empowered a young unwed mother to carry her seed to term Your love endures forever You nurtured dormant seeds of faith for generations Your love endures forever You gave me a partner whose heart is for you Your love endures forever You opened my flesh and delivered three new creations Your love endures forever You pricked my skin and saved my kids from the grave Your love endures forever You set our path and made us walk a bleak winter Your love endures forever You turned puddles of grief into ponds of hope Your love endures forever You tether your people, though contentious and fearful Your love endures forever You bind and braid until there is unity Your love endures forever You let what isn’t of you unravel Your love endures forever You have planted and nurtured the mother tree Your love endures forever And opened the canopy for new seedlings to grow Your love endures forever How shall we serve this God of new tomorrows whose love endures forever? Be who I made you. I have, I am, I will my love endures forever.
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