Breath of Life

--------------------------------------------------------- ------ this is meant with a degree of humor ----- ------ but I know, joy is in the ears that hear ----- --------------------------------------------------------- To quote as truth a source for which You otherwise show great disdain Is humorous at best, a stitch That some might say was not quite sane. And if you cherish this sweet book, But have not read it much of late, It’s time you took another look, And gave some other verses weight. If Genesis is normative For when it is all life begins Then we should take a closer look At other verses close therein. For “breath of life” can only be Applied to one by “Adam” called; That you’d apply this verse to Eve? Oh, exegete! Do be appalled! In fifteen verses, very clear, We see God do a nice ad lib, Puts Adam in a heavy sleep And liberates Eve from his rib! Now something here just can’t be right; No, something here just doesn’t jive. God’s “breath of life” did not her grace; The woman cannot be alive! To call these verses normative Is simply ludicrous, of course. The “breath of life” God gave the dust? Not air, but animating force. And in this telling of our firsts neither of them come from a womb, So literal or figurative, we need to give these verses room. A babe will breath when it is born On schedule or ahead of time. You know that’s not the entry point: As silly as a talking mime. Way back in John, when Christ appears upon arising, after death, Gives the disciples Spirit then, Conferring it with sacred breath. Were they then dead before he breathed? In some sense, yes, perhaps contrived Christ’s Spirit thus has come to stay; Spiritually, they are alive. You don’t belive that labor does Somehow propel those clumps of cells By magic through the birth canal And then form babes when they’re expelled? Of course not, or there’d be a glitch In logic with regard to sections. But nobody believes all that; it's just a case of misdirection. We read a babe lept in the womb; In Psalms, He forms our inward parts. Christ, too, alive, ere left the tomb, And now, he’s giving life to hearts. Let’s study then, the scriptures well; Bereans be: look for yourself. Review in depth when life begins, Not leave His counsel on the shelf?