A SENSE OF CALM

A SENSE OF CALM


I FEEL A SENSE OF CALM
AT EASE WITH MYSELF
AND THE WORLD

NOT THAT ALL THE WORLD’S TROUBLES
HAVE VANISHED
BUT THAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED

THAT WINDOW DRESSING RELIGION
ISN’T THE ANSWER
IF THE POOR
THE WIDOW
THE ORPHAN
THE HUNGRY
THE HOMELESS
ARE NEGLECTED
AND OUT OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS

BUT NOW OF THESE PROBLEMS
THERE IS A WILLINGNESS
TO WORK TO SOLVE THEM
AS ISAIAH SAYS

IS NOT THIS THE KIND OF FASTING I HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOSE THE CHAINS OF INJUSTICE AND UNTIE THE CORDS OF THE YOKE, TO SET THE OPPRESSED FREE AND BREAK EVERY YOKE

IN PLACE OF THE WORD FASTING
CAN WE NOT SAY RELIGION

AND IS A WORLD LETTING CHILDREN
GO TO BED HUNGRY
NOT LIVING UP TO THEIR RELIGION

BUT I FEEL A SENSE OF CALM
NOT THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE OVER
BUT THAT
WE HAVE WAKENED FROM OUR SLEEP
AND ARE WORKING
IN THE VINEYARD
TO SOLVE THEM


FRANK A VOLLMER