There appeared a woman
             with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years.
             She was bent over, unable to stand up straight.
                                                                —Luke 13.11

What is bent over in you?
A gift repressed… a feeling denied…
a story unheard… a strength decayed…
a hope, a hope, still hoping…?

Not everything, maybe, but something
is being healed,
standing up in you.

Don’t be the ruler who says “Not yet.”
Be the woman
who stands.

There may not be a final cure,
but sit still long enough
to feel a hand on your back.

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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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