Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Water Shaping Stone – v4

His life changed, over time
like water shaping stone,
carving the rock with
the force of a torrent,
the crash of the waves,
the etching of the ice moving;
but shaping stone too,
with the droplets of waters
the summer rains,
the trickles down the mountainside
slowly, surely, over geological time
(or so it seemed from the outside)
cutting into the stone,
in little cleft points,
places where faith can
gather a foothold, create good soil,
slowly, over a long time,
seeds can find a purchase,
scales can be flaked away
and change came, for him
and for all of us


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edited February 11, 2014
“Water Shaping Stone – v4”
(editing original again)
Edited September 1, 2012
 “Water Shaping Stone – v3”
Edited September 1, 2012
“Water Shaping Stone – v2”
April 7, 2008
“Water Shaping Stone”
Walk to Emmaus

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