Saturday, December 19, 2009

Our covenant, and God's

"Our covenant has been broken hundreds and thousands of times, Your covenant, like a mountain, stands firm and stable.
Our covenant is straw, and subject to every wind of passion, Your covenant is more than a hundred mountains.
As You  have  shown Your  power, so now, show us your mercy...
He is the One that takes the hand to help, and He hears our burdens: have hope, from moment to moment, of receiving that breath of inspiration from Him.
'Tis no harm if you have remained long without Him, you have read that His grip reaches a long way, and His mercy grips tight.
His presence does not keep you absent from Him for one moment."

Rumi  (Vol. 2, from 2495-2533)

Commentary: God is present to us, even when we are weary? Even when we can't keep our promises? Even when we can't be who we want to be?  Thank God for mercy...