Pentecostal Mystery

 Friends, 

Today I present a Pentecost poem, written by St. Mark member Don Beard, a man of many passions and artistic talents. Enjoy.

 

Today

Is Not the Tomorrow

My Yesterday Self

Dreamed OF

Hunger Still Exists So Needlessly.

Lives and Livelihoods Are Still Destroyed by Greed and Wars.

Loving Our Neighbors and One Another

Is Not as Inclusive as it Ought to Be.

Such Truths as These and Others not Listed

Continue to Remind Me

That Today

Is Not the Tomorrow 
My Yesterday Self Dreamed Of

But then I Remember the Pentecostal Mystery

Of How God Brough His People Together

To Speak and Understand a Though With One Voice.

Reminding Us That It Is in Our Togetherness

That We Too Can Be Part of the One Voice

Proclaiming The Power and The Promise of The Resurrection.

My Hope and Prayer for the Here And Now

Is That Someday, Hopefully Not Too Far Away,

By Continuing to Use Our God Given Skills and Talents

Along With Our Combined Voices,

That We Will One Day Be Able To Say,

Today 
Is the Tomorrow 
Our Yesterday Selves

Dreamed Of

 

 

Mark of St. Mark