I am surprised that the Spirit of Christ
Is not a part of any cause that I can find
Except the family. It doesn’t seem
To take part in debates
Of doctrine.
It doesn’t argue.
It doesn’t try to prove itself at all.
In fact, it is most often found
In the unsolicited praise
Of those that it inhabits.
And when those who have it
Try to describe relationships in its context,
They inevitably are cast back upon descriptions of the family,
Father, son, mother, daughter, sister, brother,
These are our closest approximations
To the love that we’ve found in Him
And in those in whom he dwells.
And isn’t that a surprise,
That in Him we find a family,
And in the family, at its best,
We find something of Him.
