Tuesday, March 12
The Cure at Bethesda
John 5:1-16
Too Courteous
As children we learn to express empty gratitude.
“Thank you” for this and “Thank you” for that,
though it was rote, absent emotion and sincerity.
So too with our prayers, full of dull obligation and shallow ritual.
We need to grow up,
to learn to kiss with an open mouth,
to abandon decorum, especially when it comes to God,
when it comes to Love.
The pathway to our salvation is vulnerable, honest and raw,
and time spent being courteous with The Divine is procrastination.
Now is the time to tell God how you really feel and what you really need.
Love deserves nothing less.