[Preface]. This poem is the opening and close piece in the 2020 collection of poems called The Wrestle. Available here
Today, fellow fallers,
recoverers, rescuers,
winners, losers,
famous and infamous,
I bless you.
The runners and the lame,
the bankrupt and billionaires,
the saints and sinners,
lost and the lonely,
I bless you.
I bless you with knowing
that the journey of a thousand steps
will be paved by
potholes,
sinkholes,
assholes,
and whatever
it takes to make
you whole.
Because you are human.
I bless you today
with knowing
that the invitation
to face the world
with an unveiled face
may be done at your pace,
or never at all.
Because it’s an invitation.
But know this
that by love and choice
Trinity’s unmasked face
Shines upon you
and is gracious to you.
Trinity lifts up their faces towards you
and offers you peace.
Because you belong.
A BLESSING FOR THE HEART JOURNEY
~ David Tensen
Feb ’19
Featured in picture. The weekend I met Wm Paul Young. Author of The Shack, who went on to play a pivotal role in publishing The Wrestle poetry collection
This is absolutely beautiful ?. You are anointed David Tensen!—so authenticly real as is your new friend. How blessed you are!
This is extremely beautiful and full of the Spirit! Prays for protection and blessing over you!
Bless you for this beautiful, dangerously true blessing. I’m so thankful for you David, and this gift I can share with others, and for Paul who shared it with us at our gathering here in Aldergrove, Canada (on the other side of the globe!). Thanks be to the one whose face is always turned toward us!
Your word captivate my heart… well done