i sat in a pew
hearing the strain
of an ol’ time melody
singing “create in me
a clean heart, o-o-o
god” and i wondered
really? is it me?
does my heart need
cleaning?
each patch of
dust
grime
dirt
stain
does it need to be
erased?
forgotten?
removed?
maybe I will sing
a new melody
building on the old
wishing not for
a clean heart
but for a strong
heart
not for erasure
but for
expansion
not for the unsoiled
but for soil ground in
so deeply that it transforms
me to mud
to adama
giving rise to new
life.
…create in me a heart of mud, o-o-o God, and renew a right spirit within me…
…
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Note: the name “Adam” in Hebrew scriptures is connected to the word adama which means earth or mud. So essentially, “Adam” is “mudman.” For more information on the Hebrew meaning of the word: go to aish.com
Shalom,
– Rev. Terri Stewart
© 2015, poem and comment, Terri Stewart, All rights reserved; photograph as above
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Written on target, Terry. Short and to the point. Bravo! 🙂
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