Greetings,

In my reading this week I came across a poem called God Is A Verb written by Wild Bill Balding.  This verse expresses the way we can try to limit God by names or spaces or traditions but despite all our attempts, God will not be contained.  I’d like to share it with you.

          God is a verb, not a noun:
          ‘I am who I am,
          I will be who I will be.’

          dynamic, seething, active,
          web of love poured out,
          given, received, exchanged,
          one God in vibrant community

          always on the move,

          slipping through our fingers,
          blowing through the nets we cast
          to hold and name,
          confine to nouns, to labels,
          freezeframe stasis,
          pinned like a butterfly,
          solid, cold, controlled, lifeless.

          ‘I am who I am,
          I will be who I will be.’

          not pinned down by names, labels,
          buildings, traditions,
          or even by nails to wood:

          I am: a verb, not a noun,
          living, free, exuberant,
          always on the move.

If God is continually on the move, I wonder where we might meet God next.

Blessings – Heather.