Wishing, and Hoping, and Baking, and Sewing...

Homestar Runner Felties!

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 I listened to a Tim Keller sermon this morning (in reality, it was more like three...because I kept getting in the middle of felties and couldn't stop!) on prayer. He said something like, "God answers yes to the prayers we would have asked if we knew everything He does." The poem following is a response to that. (And yes, I do know that wishing on stars is not the same as praying.)

Star Light, Star Bright

Wishing on a dying star

Will not negate your dream—

The aged are the wisest ones,

Though younger stars may gleam

More brilliantly, they shine a light

That neither knows nor cares

What burdens their petitioners

Bring with them with their prayers.

They hear a wish for romance, or

A pony, or a child

And yawn, “It’s just the same-old-thing!

The hopes of men are mild!”

But older stars, in wisdom,

Know the need behind desire,

And even repetitious wishes

Flame their half-spent fire.

“Star light, star bright, I wish I might…”

The dying star grows still,

And listens in solemnity,

However small the will

Approaching its attention is

Or foolish the request,

For dying stars are kindly and

Will only give their best.

The heart behind the asking mind

Is immaterial,

And that is what the wise star seeks

To fill when it fulfills

The  blind and infantile cries

Betraying man's true need:

A love transcending space and time,

A love of gift, not greed;

To know this love, respond in kind,

And be, from wishing, freed.