We are all so young

We are all so young

We are one Lord,
Before your loving gaze,
Nothing secret,
Before your compassionate sight;
Our sins and strengths,
Failures, and victories,
Stand naked in your sight.
Your mercy severe
At times hard;
Experienced as cruel….
Like children we judge,
Our understanding shallow….
 We are all so young.
The wisest understand little,
The most foolish are the same.
The difference is trust;
Faith in times of darkness,
Hope in times of despair,
Love in times of loneliness and isolation.
Stronger than death is love,
Its fire hotter than the sun,
Yet soothing like a gentle breeze.
We are so blinded by the light
That we see only darkness;
That leads to abandonment,
A letting go into freedom,
The tyranny of doubt
Seen for what it is…
A call to go deeper,
Into the presence
Of the wholly other…