
Hospitality
Everything I have was first in
a treasury inaccessible to me.
Unlocked by grace,
bestowed by kindness,
given with mercy
to be re-gifted again and again—
pressed down and running over
like oil too voluminous to be
contained.
Rather than fear the gifts
and resist the goodness,
I accept them both with open hands,
then leave them open.
And through the sun on our hills
and the softness of a bunny,
the joy in a glass and fruit of our hands,
they also can taste and see:
He is good. He is good indeed.

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