you ask what you can bring
what you can contribute
what you can do to have:
a goal worth following
a story worth telling
a life of meaning

and you think the answer will be:
a lengthy list of tasks
mighty feats to test your strength
rules that must be followed
patterns observed religious

but the answer surprises 
completely takes you back

since the Person you have seen
perform impossible things
stands before you simply
saying—

‘all the work that you must do
      is to 
            believe’

sounding far too simple really

but belief
is the root 
that everything else 
grows from.

and if not wrestled with
is the place 
where issues of faith
begin

---john 6:29

heather pound 2025

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