Poem September 15, 1973 Issue

WHATEVER

Godfrey John

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning" (James 1:17)

Thankful for
whatever's gleaming
behind that shadow
in the past

welcoming
whatever's glinting
round the corner
of the future

celebrating
whatever's here
clean and timeless
in the light

I'm learning

loving whatever
gleams from behind
glints from ahead
to suddenly meet
within the invariable
one
glow of now—
the gift of forever

forever in
the Father's timing
my being
unfolds
lightwise
Love's ways—
holds
no shadow
of turning
whatever

Godfrey John

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