Poem June 9, 1986 Issue

Questionnaire

MADORA McKENZIE

1. Where am I?
a) Stuck in the rut of a dull routine, or
b) in the kingdom of heaven?

2. Who am I?
a) A cliche defined by relation and occupation, or
b) Love's beloved daughter?

3. When did I get here?
a) This morning, in a rush, underprayed, or
b) since the morning stars sang together^{See Job 38:7 .}
in my Father's hand?

4. Why am I?
a) Because of chanceful fate, and humanly willed, or
b) "born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
the will of man, but of God"?^{John 1:13 .}

5. What am I?
a) Frustrated, unappreciated, trapped, or
b) "... satisfied, complete, divinely fair"?^{Christian Science Hymnal, No. 149 .}

6. Do the answers to these questions apply to
everyone else?
a) No, or
b) yes?

God, divine Principle,
Always has been, is now, always will be
Infinitely expressed in man, both you and me.
And that is the real
Who-what-when-where-why of our being

And how.

MADORA McKENZIE

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