The Eye of the Needle

The conditions
of our heart
arise and fall,
arise and fall.

One moment at play with
the subtleties of gentleness
another the harshnesses
of anger.

It takes
just the right
moment -

an opening -

for us to be hungry
for grace,

to be hungry
for repentance,

and for us to
receive the mercies
of God

that are ever-pouring
through the needle's
eye

into our lives.

Eternity is
there,
streaming through the
needle's eye

will we enter in,
will we bask in its rays?

Open.

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Ciao!

+Tom