The Welcoming
God is like a welcoming mother
Holding creation close.
God is like a welcoming mother
Holding creation close.
Am I too old to come back?
Could I retrace those steps?
God is like a welcoming mother
Holding creation close.
Am I too old to come back?
She hears the question
Because God is more than a welcoming mother.
Is it too late?
She hears the question
She hears the question
Because God is more than a welcoming mother.
God is a vibrant woman
Ready to return.
She hears the question
Because God is a vibrant woman
Ready to return.
In the silence of our despair
As we question the world around us
God is like a vibrant woman
Ready to return.
She bends down like a welcoming mother
Holding creation close.
She moves like a vibrant woman
Ready to return.
~ CK
~ CK
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"…how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings…"
(Matthew 23:37)
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!" (Isaiah 49:15)
"But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother." (Psalm 132:2)
"When Israel was a child, I loved him... I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks, I bent down to them and fed them... How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? .... my compassion grows warm and tender." (Hosea 11:1,4,8)
"For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things. She is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty."
(Wisdom 7:24)
The rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing has come."
(Song of Solomon 2:11,12)
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Photo: A view from Chung Shan (Middle Mountain) near Guangzhou, China (formerly known as Canton)
Credit: Charles Kinnaird
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Great post Charles. I love Tracy Chapman. I have her first CD and I've just about worn it out.
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Excellent post. Thanks, Charles.
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