“I am as strong this day” 1
as I once was.
To do what, Caleb?
Run a fast mile
do 100 push-ups
heft a sword and shield
throw a javelin
a really, really long way?
What was your strength
those millennia ago
when you and the other scouts
were peering into the
Promised Land?
Many thought it impossible for
your people to make it there—
too many obstacles
too much opposition.
Yet through your
spiritual vision
your trust
in the divine One
you saw
what was promised
as possible
as fulfillable
in fact—fulfilled—
and so it was.
Yes, yes, yes
that true strength
that willingness
to respond to
the Almighty God
to trust
to live with
spiritual vision
undiminished
by passage of years
is undiminished
still.
Like you
we too are as strong this day
as we once were
to respond to Spirit’s call
to see the Promised Land
the kingdom of God
fully present
fully accessible
right here
right now.
1 Joshua 14:11.
