Good Friday world

Craigie Aitchison, Crucifixion, 1998

Ever feel like
the bogeyman is just
around the corner?
All the time?
God can’t stop it.
You know it,
I know it.
As for Psalm 91,
'no evil shall befall you'
residing in the palm of God's hand:
Forget about your foot
being dashed by
a silly stone.                                                             

We whiz through space
while meteors hurl their way
through fragile atmosphere, storied glass,            
flesh and dirt.
God lives
to disturb
as much as comfort,                         
provoke as much as heal.
The incarnation
wasn’t just about
sheep-and-goat morality.
Who do you think was
testing Jesus in the desert
but his rabbi-father-adversary?
Makes a whole lot more sense of
that ‘love your enemies’ thing.
The cross
in all its shame and neglect,
wouldn’t have happened
if God hadn’t walked away
like the rest of us.

Cynthia E. Robinson © 2013