Morning Poem: “Long Revealing”

Last updated on: October 29, 2018 at 12:32 pm by Joe Puentes

Morning Poem: “Long Revealing” 2018-10-29T12:32:00-07:00 Joe Puentes

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a reflection on 1 Peter 2:1–3 “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation — if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

Poem: “Long Revealing”

newborn infants arrive into a decaying creation in tender regalia, and long for nourishment—seeking to have their hunger sated. they thirst for spiritual milk to feed their salvation and move deeper into a knowledge the of divine. but it’s not enough. infants seek more they seek the beyond.

corruption comes with desires beyond what the divine offers. the destroyer of mature contentment is a belly full of unripe tart and bitter apples. their only way is to throw their ingrained deceit, envy and malice into the abyss. face-to-face slanderous hypocrisy cannot stifle sunken roots from grabbing deeper.

every reflection longs to be undivided and healed from corruption — they groan waiting for the revealing so they can be whole again. the one who creates the reflection longs for union with the image bearers — the creator’s weeping reveals a compassionate heart of life restoring salvation.

if indeed you have tasted what is good, then you have experienced pure, satisfying milk. the Lord is the Root which spigots plunge into for a steady flow of nourishment. taste and see how sweet pure spiritual milk fulfills the depths of your despair. thirst quenched with the cool taste of salvation.

so put away that which feeds your starvation and gives false satisfaction. long for pure satisfying nourishment so you may grow to completion. salvation is a promise to all creation waiting—waiting for the long revealing. the time is now for those who have tasted that the Lord is good.

a reflection on 1 Peter 2:1–3

“So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation — if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

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