Self-Made Men, Alone

So alone, if we ever really believe ourselves
to be self-made men, outside of history,
outside of the community of faith,
no saints to praise, to remember
as if we were islands, able to exist
seemingly as if we were the big bang,
the creation, coming
into being without assistance
How much happier, comforted
knowing the savior, the saints gone before
living as part of a larger whole, the body
worshipping, sharing the cup, remembrance
of the long line that journeyed this road before

November 2, 2008
Men’s Group discussion 11/1/08
The Lord’s Prayer, and
All Saints’ Day Sunday
Psalm 78:1-7
Hebrews 12:1-3 and sermon,
“Seizing the Future By Remembering the Past”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church