Abundant Love and Crosses

Luke 15:7-“Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”

One at a Time

Eve Gaal

Imagine my bewilderment at coming across this

collection of crosses probably made in China.

The cynic in me laughed--

maybe my dark side.

While the best in me hailed it as an achievement

here in our egocentric

capitalistic society.

A display of blatant commercialism

necessitated by

those who thirst for life.

But does it matter?

If even one human being

perhaps while making these crosses,

painting them, packing them, stacking them

begins to believe?

If one sailor on a

giant freighter crossing

through the Panama Canal

lifts one of these boxes and peeks inside.

They’ll decorate walls,

lonely  halls or

the side of roads where hate may have raged.

One mind that reconsiders,

forgives—

a family kept together--

a marriage saved.

A tribute to the fallen--

a comforting memory,

a marker of love.

If only one,

eye rests on the symbol and prays?

If one teenager who loses a friend to drugs

takes a tearful gaze

at the commemorative cross

reflecting on ‘why’.

If one life is saved,

from the clutches of doom—

the fire and fumes--

and one heart has turned toward God--

He will rejoice and be glad.

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.”