[Critique Group 2] FW: piece for critique grp. two, 1-23

[Valerie Moreno]

piece for critique grp. two, 1-23
Our body is not made of iron, our strength not that of stone. Live and
hope in the Lord and let your service be according to reason.
-Clare of Assisi
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Original Message: 
From: Valerie Moreno <spiritwind at pmpmail.com>
To: Valerie Moreno <spiritwind at pmpmail.com>
Subject: piece for critique grp. two, 1-23
Date: 
Sun, 8 Jan 2023 08:51:03 -0600

Baptism

We beheld a miracle this day,
John stood in the Jordan
as many were blessed with streaming waters
and then, came a man,
peaceful, yet silently strong, waiting.
John's strident manner 
eased as he gazed at the gentle man before him.
"It is I who should be baptised by you!"
We heard John utter these words 
where we huddled on the river bank.
The stranger bowed his head, smiling.
"Let it be as it has it was written."
John's hands trembled as he took water and splashed it on the man's dark
hair.
What came next awed and amazed us all.
Like parchment, the sky itself opened,
light beamed on the two, surrounding the man brighter than the sun!
A dove, whiter than Spring clouds, lited on him
as a voice envelopped the river and the earth:
"This is My beloved Son
with Whom I am well pleased."
We learned his name was Jesus,
come from Nazareth,
but,
what of the light, dove and voice that opened the sky?
Our body is not made of iron, our strength not that of stone. Live and
hope in the Lord and let your service be according to reason.
-Clare of Assisi
______
spiritwind at pmpmail.com