In such blinding brightness,
his everyday clothes—
dazzling white
as no eyes
on earth
had ever seen.
Friends
caught a bewildered glimpse
of who he really
was.
O Christ,
take us to the mountain.
Transform
our humdrum lives,
all our doings—
and our very
being
into your
love.
God asked the impossible of him!
Yet Abraham remembered
God’s promise:
somehow
descendants
numerous as the stars.
He took the knife in his hand
and held tightly to it
but more tightly
to the
promise.
O God,
Make his trust ours.
God With Us,
Could you have given us
more to show us
that you
are
God-for-us?
We thank you.
for the gift of Jesus.
Gift of God, Christ,
be our constant
mentor.
Anne Osdieck