Wandering Heart: Preparing for Palm Sunday: "Songs of loudest praise"

Courage

We summon every ounce of courage.

We give ourselves pep talks

and we call our friends.

We dig deep within.

We practice the words out loud,

rolling them around in our mouths,

imagining the response.

We deal out every “what if” card our brain holds on to

and spend absurd amounts of time

imagining all the ways it could go wrong.

And then finally, blessedly, we say it:

I love you.

To speak the truth of your heart takes courage.

It always has.

But please,

summon your courage,

join the parade,

and speak with conviction.

For God has been saying to the world since day one:

I love you.

What is your response?

Poem by Rev. Sarah Speed

reprinted with permission from A Sanctified Art