We Shall Know Him - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Only then, after this age
coming to see our God
in their true nature
the fusing, the communion
the dance of the trinity
speaking in their own voice
the words we cannot now understand

Now we do not comprehend
only understanding a whisper
as through that fogged, cracked mirror
the veiled silhouette only
a murmur of God

Yearning for that day
in that unknown future
when the face we see
is the one triune God
knowing the creator,
the savior, the guiding spirit
all of God revealed
at the end of the current age

June 17, 2010
after reading
Isaac Kiiza Tibasiima’ Gmail status,
“How shall I begin to speak about a God
that I cannot comprehend”
June 17, 2010

and earlier poems:
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Knowing God

Knowing God
in all their beauty
the trinity’s dance
love sublime

Oh for that day
when I join them in heaven
kneeling in your courts
rising at your command

The three as one
and yet at times separate
a mystery for the ages
until the age is no more

June 17, 2010
on the following earlier poems

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Following the Trinity’s Call

Each of the trinity
one being, one God
the father, the son, the spirit
each calling to us
to join them in love

Following the trinity’s call
speaking to us in our lives
going where we are led
to share their message of love
with everyone we meet,
to the ends of the earth

June 10, 2010
after reading
Mission Statement of First Congregational Church of Pembroke, UCC
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pembroke-NH/First-Congregational-Church-of-Pembroke-UCC/238128051365
“The mission of our church is to follow God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit,
spreading the legacy of faith and fellowship to all we meet in word and deed.”

& earlier poem:
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In the Three

The dance of love
three faces, manifestations
together one, in relationship
equal, sharing, abiding
connected in ways
we cannot understand
a glimpse of meaning

God is love, not merely loving,
God is father, son, holy spirit
each love, loving, one another
symmetry, dancing, singing,
laughing, love divine

November 24, 2009
http://www.theshackbook.com/
The Shack, by William P. Young

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