Something Greater

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. Matthew 12:33-42


Something Greater

The rain has been insistent, relentless
low clouds bringing down the ceiling
profound fog hide the deep green mountains
and we huddle aching for more.

There is always something greater
with tomorrow's gentle sunrise
Love is just around the corner
If we will open up our eyes.

The season of shutdown and furlough
infects us, disappoints us
we become the sad remnant of the hopeful
and are consumed by what we don't have.

There is always something greater
with tomorrow's gentle sunrise
Love is just around the corner
If we will open up our eyes.

The world turns inward away from the sun
we turn away afraid to be disappointed
critical of the lack of faithfulness
condemned by our own disbelief.

There is always something greater
with tomorrow's gentle sunrise
Love is just around the corner
If we will open up our eyes.

Selfishness and greed creep in
and affirm our sorrow, drown our compassion
we seek someone to blame and with help
we find a scapegoat a ready victim.

There is always something greater
with tomorrow's gentle sunrise
Love is just around the corner
If we will open up our eyes.

May we be watched and those who wait
love is gestating although we cannot see
love is growing inside and all around
will make the world new again in time.

There is always something greater
with tomorrow's gentle sunrise
Love is just around the corner
If we will open up our eyes.