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A poem became a significant sign in my transition from fundamentalist religion, to an inclusive God-image. I came upon a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, "The Eternal Goodness." I read these lyrics:
Not mine to look where cherubim
And seraphs may not see,
But nothing can be good in Him
Which evil is in me.
The wrong that pains my soul below
I dare not throne above,
I know not of His hate, - I know
His goodness and His love.
Since reading that poem in the 1990s, the image of Presence living within me has changed significantly. I anticipate it will continue to change. And, I bow, not to any God of the mind, but the Infinity living within the heart.
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To reverence the Holy, I must follow this path of change in perception of the Sacred. Not only must I follow this way, I want to follow this way, for Love urges me on, by Grace. While ideas and images change, I know That within my heart that that does not change - the "Amen."
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(C) Brian K. Wilcox, 2020
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