revelation

his lips could never speak it

alone hardly say it

without the gentle coaxing

of a mirrored life reflecting

what's truthfully in his head

what's roaring in this heart

each beat accompanied by longings

as precious gifts of grace

treasured above all others

his lips would never speak it

alone could hardly say it

what's roaring in his mumbling

and tweeting in his singing

he's in love in the roaring

he's loved in the speaking

*Thoughts of Alan Jones:

  -It takes practice to spot angelic presences.  But practice alone is not enough, unless one can practice being taken by surprise.

  -"Holiness" is another name for this self-effacing, uninterfering stance towards another human being.

  -As we begin to face issues of character, we find ourselves running into the numinous, the realm of mystery, the dimension of the moral and spiritual.

  -A process of contemplative purification is essential if there is to be any healing work done in the soul.