“Pronouns” by Karle Wilson Baker
The Lord said,
“Say, ‘We.’”
But I shook my head,
Hid my hands tight behind my back and said,
“I.”
The Lord said,
“Say, ‘We.’”
But I looked upon them, grimy and all awry.
Myself in all those twisted shapes? Ah, no!
Distastefully I turned my head away,
Persisting.
“They.”
The Lord,
“Say, ‘We.’”
And I
At last,
Richer by a hoard
Of years,
And tears,
Looked in their eyes and found the heavy word
That bent my neck and bowed my head:
Like a shamed schoolboy then I mumbled low,
“We, Lord.”
Not “My God” but “Our Father.”
John is near breathless as he speaks of the fellowship into which Christians have been called. Community, family, brotherhood, church - members of the body of Christ. Members of Him and therefore members of one another! We are all of One. Remember.
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