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(Luke 20:27-38)

Three show up to participate

in the observance

of a relationship built on love:

God, from whom love flows

like a rain-swelled, spring stream;

two people who pledge their lives

toward this gift and to one another.

Others may come to observe

this milestone’s marking, or not.

Beyond the three, we can only bear witness,

and help call attention to the broken ways

we betroth ourselves to be open

and receptive to this giving and receiving.

Covenant is the word God used

to describe the lopsided yoking

of divine and human partners

in relationships  rooted in deep places

that only one partner can reach.

We cleave to one another

with all that is within us,

fully recognizing that our

holding pales in comparison

to God’s binding us together.

May you find yourselves,

more days than not, and

never too far in-between,

leaning hard against the pile

of grace left at your door,

forgiving one another

as God forgives you;

searching for and celebrating

the love that blossoms from your union.

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