Covenant: Unequal partners

Covenant: unequal partners.

We do not come as equal partners

to this commune of peace,

this axis of eternity,

as year and life turn again.

Neither do we come

clothed in the chains and shame

of the vanquished or enslaved,

for we were not commanded here.

The might and power of Him who created

all from nothing,

universes from void,

does not demand our presence.

We are drawn here by a Father’s love,

by the breath of life spoken into dust.

We are invited here by a brother’s sacrifice

when all else had fallen upon closed souls.

Pain-filled sin is healed herein

by comforter and friend;

the only scar left in the passing -

a signature on the outstretched hand

of God.

This pact of peace,

this restoring act of covenant,

this indelible love

written on the fragile parchment

of fallible hearts,

is the autograph

of Spirit.