Friday, January 11, 2013

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

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