On the Sheep and the Goats... with a nod to the Goats
Maren Tirrabasi is a UCC spiritual writer of depth and grace. And evidently knows something about goats as well!
Praying the parables – March 31,2014
Matthew 25: 31-33 … the sheep and the goats
God, be praised for this season
of the kidding of goats –
my new friend’s Nigerian dwarf kid,
my cousin’s
Tennessee fainting goats –
the vulnerable joy
in newborn sweet slickness,
the more-than-a-metaphor
tender freshening of does.
God, make us careful in our
glib recitation of parables –
for you taught love,
not division
not how to judge ourselves or others –
least of all the breech-born kid,
just saved,
bloody, wet and eyes wide open
in your loving hands.
Amen
Dahlia right after having one of two doe kids
Akina and her two kids on a cold winter's night!
Poem reposted from Maren Tirabassi's blog at http://giftsinopenhands.wordpress.com/
