Epiphany on the Jordan

 

The heavens split and the water spilled
And streamed around that man like a quickening rain
The word behind all worlds revealed
That God in man makes everything new again

This word of God to His beloved
Has settled on me like a dove

He calls us too, to step into that river
To die and rise to life and love forever
So graciously extends to me a sinner
To tread the sacred waters of, the mystery of love

What can be said about a mystery
Except to say that the last word can never be said

Best leave that to poetry
Kindling words for quickening the dead
The living dead
Pure single heart behind all things
Each, to the other, by the Spirit sings

He calls us too, to step into that river
To die and rise to life and love forever
So graciously extends to me a sinner
To tread the sacred waters of, the mystery of love

Steve Bell