You must be ready, for the Truly Human One
             is coming at an hour you do not expect.
                                                —Luke 12.40

The Healer appears,
like that kid in the store
whose wondrous smile
pulled me back
from the edge of gloom.

The Multiplier of Loaves
comes, picking produce
for me and thousands,
without thanks.

The Crucified One is there
in the beggar I gave money to,
and the one to whom I didn’t.

The Teacher speaks
in the refugee who shows me
more than I want to know
about my own displacement.

The Wandering Rabbi appears
in the homeless who remind me
of how I belong, and do not belong.

The Messiah appears
in whoever evokes my love,
for in loving, and loving alone,
I am saved.

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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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