Unpacking

Grace is not a landfill

in which we can regularly

dump the caustic baggage

of our earthly sojourn;

neither is it an excuse

to ignore the consequences

of our unclaimed freight.

Rather, it is the promise that,

once the incarnate bell-hop

has helped deliver all our luggage –

be it a neatly matched set,

or a menagerie of  frayed duffels

and complementary satchels –

he will help us carefully unpack

each fragile and frightening item,

not burying them in the back yard,

but revealing to us how each piece

has shaped and formed our temporary residence.

Beyond this safe and complete unpacking,

we are shown two salvific realities:

[1] whom we have become; and

[2] the path toward divine plans for our future.

In these two lie the possibility

of finally and fully arriving at a place

that’s always been home.

© 2013 Todd Jenkins