<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_35736" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hope<br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_35756" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_35755"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_35754"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_35781"><div id="yiv6279693102"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_35780"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_35779"><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33728"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33729"> </span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33731"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33732">I do not stand in judgment.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33734"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33735"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33736"> </span>I simply weep</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33738"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33739"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33740"> </span>for the blindness I see</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33742"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33743"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33744"> </span>around me,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33746"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33747"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33748"> </span>for the hurt inflicted,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33750"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33751"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33752"> </span>knowingly or unknowingly,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33754"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33755"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33756"> </span>upon the marginalized.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33758"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33759"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33760"> </span>I know nothing else to do</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33762"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33763"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33764"> </span>but weep for this reality,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33766"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33767"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33768"> </span>for this inability to love</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33770"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33771"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33772"> </span>each other.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33774"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33775"> </span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33777"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33778">May my tears fall upon this arid soil,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33780"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33781"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33782"> </span>may their moisture</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33784"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33785"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33786"> </span>find the heart’s seed,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33788"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33789"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33790"> </span>dry and shriveled,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33792"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33793"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33794"> </span>for lack of loving,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33796"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33797"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33798"> </span>for the lack of tears,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33800"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33801"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33802"> </span>for the lack of life giving moisture.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33804"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33805"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33806"> </span>May my tears envelop</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33808"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33809"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33810"> </span>each shriveled heart seed,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33812"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33813"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33814"> </span>allow each seed to swell,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33816"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33817"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33818"> </span>to begin to feel once more</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33820"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33821"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33822"> </span>what has been lost—</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33824"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33825"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33826"> </span>the ability to grieve,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33828"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33829"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33830"> </span>to weep and to water</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33832"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33833"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33834"> </span>with their own tears</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33836"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33837"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33838"> </span>other dry and shriveled</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33840"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33841"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33842"> </span>heart seeds.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33844"> <br></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33862"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33863">In this way, my grief is a fount of hope,<span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33864"> </span></span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33866"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33867"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33868"> </span>for only in my tears,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33870"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33871"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33872"> </span>only through my tears,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33874"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33875"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33876"> </span>shared in community,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33878"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33879"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33880"> </span>am I able to live fully,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33882"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33883"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33884"> </span>to weep and then to dance,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33886"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33887"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33888"> </span>to dance and then to weep,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33890"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33891"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33892"> </span>in this never ending cycle</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33894"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33895"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33896"> </span>of being human—</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33898"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33899"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33900"> </span>we are born and we die.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33902"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33903"> </span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33906"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33907">If we are to live fully</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33909"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33910"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33911"> </span>in that interim, in that short time</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33913"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33914"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33915"> </span>we are given, we must weep</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33917"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33918"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33919"> </span>for we all know we are destined to loose</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33921"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33922"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33923"> </span>everything and everyone </span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33925"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33926"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33927"> </span>we have ever loved.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33929"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33930"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33931"> </span>So, only through our grief, </span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33933"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33934"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33935"> </span>only through our weeping,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33937"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33938"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33939"> </span>openly, publicly, communally,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33941"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33942"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33943"> </span>are we able to embrace our full humanness,</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33945"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33946"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33947"> </span>our own divinity, the wholeness of our lives, </span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33949"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33950"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33951"> </span>to experience genuine hope and joy, </span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33953"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33954"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33955"> </span>knowing our tears are watering</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33957"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33958"><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33959"> </span>the shriveled heart seeds of the world.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33961"><i id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33962"> </i></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33965"><i id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33966">Jesus wept</i><span id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33968">.</span></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33970"><i id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33971"> </i></div><div id="yiv6279693102yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505918116359_33970"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Bill Denham</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>