I am being called into the classroom of the Spirit. Fasting is one of the means of "showing up" for class. Some of my learnings are unfolding in the poem below. In my mind I was writing in the spirit of George Herbert's marvelous poem on prayer in which he layers image upon image to paint a picture.
Feeding empty with Fullness
Indulgence aside
Tasting weakness
Shattering pride
Spiritual Gasping
Ironic Self Care
Inhaling Mercy
Exhaling prayer
Hungering knowing
beyond taste's delight
Divine craving
Soul's appetite
Love's yoke of longing
Dross churning within
Fiery crucible burning
foisting Heaven on sin
Deer panting for water
Soul feasting on God
Reveals crucified power
True authority's Rod
J.D. Walt. Lent 2005
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