

One Day

One Day
We will, one day, gather again,
smiling, hugging, sharing,
one no longer,
restored as many,
loving, caring.
We will, one day, be together again,
eagerly returning
each from our own place,
brought, once more, by God
to worship, sing and celebrate
hand in hand, face to face.
We will, one day, return to God's house,
gathering to praise and rejoice,
giving unison thanks,
once many, again one voice.
Until that morning dawns,
we reach out to God,
and pray for the most vulnerable,
pray for the sick and dying,
pray for the hungry and homeless,
pray with sighing
too deep for words,
pray we recognize hardship and need
rife in the world,
pray we learn to see all people
this way: as neighbors
and long for us all
to gather together
one day.
By Rev. Lin Cheek