“and God was there like an island I had not rowed to,
still ignorant of Him, my arms, and my legs worked,
and I grew, I grew,
I wore rubies and bought tomatoes
and now, in my middle age,
about nineteen in the head I'd say,
I am rowing, I am rowing
though the oarlocks stick and are rusty
and the sea blinks and rolls
like a worried eyebal,
but I am rowing, I am rowing,
though the wind pushes me back
and I know that that island will not be perfect,
it will have the flaws of life,
the absurdities of the dinner table,
but there will be a door
and I will open it
and I will get rid of the rat insdie me,
the gnawing pestilential rat.
God will take it with his two hands
and embrace it”
― Anne Sexton, The Awful Rowing Toward God
still ignorant of Him, my arms, and my legs worked,
and I grew, I grew,
I wore rubies and bought tomatoes
and now, in my middle age,
about nineteen in the head I'd say,
I am rowing, I am rowing
though the oarlocks stick and are rusty
and the sea blinks and rolls
like a worried eyebal,
but I am rowing, I am rowing,
though the wind pushes me back
and I know that that island will not be perfect,
it will have the flaws of life,
the absurdities of the dinner table,
but there will be a door
and I will open it
and I will get rid of the rat insdie me,
the gnawing pestilential rat.
God will take it with his two hands
and embrace it”
― Anne Sexton, The Awful Rowing Toward God
Where is Mercy Street ? Why are they hiding the entrance ? They say free is free and than they grab the freedom and security with scowls and 'must do's' to enter.
Like Anne Sexton in Her Poem I know my inner rat . Sadly Anne took her own life hoping she would find the Mercy Street after death she could not find in this life. I am not looking for nice Church Lady answers ...I am looking for a people who love like Christ and embraces that rat as is. People who will say come along side with us as we gaze upon and seek The Lord, who takes our place and brings us onto Mercy street. We enter because we are with Him and for no other reason. And once we see that and spend time with Him, He Lavishes the Fathers love while we still have rat stink on us. We will not stay in that condition for long ..and not because we have to do something but because you know who you are ..and who He is ...and what He has to offer is Good News! We live trusting In the Holy Spirit to change us from Glory to Glory ..not fake it till you make it! We need less fake...we need more real grime! Come now and believe on the One who will not only show you where Mercy street is ..but will take you and keep you there...because it's all about Him ..not us!
