Eventide

John 10:18
"No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

This ability
To lay down, pick up your life
Is yet unequaled

Fundamentally
Knowing where one goes and is
Is the greatest lot

This permanence stays 
When everything falls away
This permanence stays

A recursive gift
Once solidified, granted
Like a garment new 

Least stroke of the pen
As a thread sewn through garment
I borrow your Word/You borrow my tongue

Know who you have been
Same eyes behind every skin
Know who you will be

Know me from my first
A photobook unfolding
Know me through my last

Then pick up your life
Walk familiar paths made straight
Return home to me

Luke 7:26-27
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way before you.’"

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