everything is good
But not everything.
gnawing hunger
desperate loneliness
even as all is well.
Man–Thou pinacle
Thou high and lofty one
Man–Thou mirror of God
Image
Substance of
Deity
Significant and unblimished
perfect and
needy.
incomplete.
lacking.
“It is not good that Man–
like Me–should be
alone.”
And He
Rested.
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Need and hunger and loneliness, just as darkness was in God without contradiction, now exist in the Image of God. Good but not good.
I I wish that I could learn that “good” does not necessarily mean “finished”. That rest does not mean completed work. I need to understand that “perfect” has a few miles of journey left in it.
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