The Greatest of These

The Greatest of These… A portrait of the perfect tenderness eternal, Painted from the rising mists of a broken promise - Finished on a Friday afternoon – complete the promise Of the everlasting word in worldly wastelands and in realms of glory Daily molding vessels born of earthly clay To take the shape of living covenants Spoken in deserts and on flood tides - on mountaintops in bare feet And temples built on lofty mounts Where a king danced naked before the word - Leading every dawn of life away from bitter tears indifferent, Whole – redeemed – refreshed – not strutting, No more teardrops lost within a sea of sand, A shining lantern through shadowed valleys Lifting hearts to heights unimagined Where angels walk above the fallen stars – Pure essence of the eternal and all knowing Spoken, whispered, to orphans of a garden still seeking mystery; Cherished companion of the pilgrim throughout every season Embracing the perfection of the amazing, abiding eternal.