to find our  sin

and wonder when

God will understand

our lamenting plea.

There is more to see …

for God who wails

“I remember you

loving me, then

held in my hand

across a  desert sea.”

[Jeremiah 2:2]

“My people forgot …

left fountain

of living water,

digging wells

for themselves,

cracked cisterns -

that failed all thirsty.

[Jeremiah 2:13]

“Know and see

that it is evil

and bitter for me

as you forsake,

and abandon me -

your Yahweh – and

yet you have no awe.”

[Jeremiah 2:19]

We have no awe?

What is our sin?

Let us count the ways:

…  a mother who births a child

loves daughter with all her might

day in, day out holds her tight

and then is forgotten …

… a mother who nurses all night,

holding tiny son so close to heart

and then is insulted,

rejected as age resulted …

… a mother who holds her hand

year into year, in all fear,

and then is substituted

by some thing shinier,

those possessions finer  …

…  a mother who is demeaned

long years after her son is weaned.

Can we see into God’s heart

and discover such hurt?

We thirst to return

to God who yearns

for us,

for trust,

to remember 

a Love given,

and joy is  ours

transported

from YAHWEH

who knows this pain,

giving again and again

to our grieving plea:

Easter’s

joy won,

by God’s son!