Invited guests

2 Peter 3:13

But, in accordance with God’s promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.

We wait…

But in the meantime

It makes sense to prepare

To make ready

for a world where righteousness is at home

To imagine in the midst of all that is broken

how we might learn to recognise righteousness

when it appears.

We wait…

Not as hosts in prominent places

with knowledge that will enlighten

But as guests who are cordially invited

to learn from those who know

how righteousness is born

in the midst of hopelessness and despair

and in the grit of anger 

that sees beyond pain to potential

We wait…

and are afforded a glimpse of grief

that is determined to make a difference

for generations that follow

The invitation is to be allies, not leaders

lending our voices to calls for justice

and our solidarity to those who feel alone

and to sit at the feet of those

who know what righteousness looks like.

We wait…

(Liz Crumlish)