Creating & Advocating God,
would that we (like you)
could speak a word and
it would come into being!
Then we would say, “Love!” and suddenly
all would be their brothers’ keepers.
We would say, “Peace be with you!”
and the wars between us would cease.
“Justice!” would no longer be lip service
but actual restitution and restoration.
“Healing!” would not be a prayer for tidy solutions
but a commitment to join the messy work.
If we spoke “Truth!” it would step off its soapbox
to open its ears and to love people’s stories.
And proclamations of “Faith!” would not
burrow in pulpits and bibles but take
long strolls of curiosity, share songs of joy,
trust in the least of these for its very livelihood,
and give hearts the courage to grow together.
on James 2:14