Christ’s Possible Dream – The Shift From From “As” To “And” (John 4:50)

What would happen if I took You at Your word, O Lord,
     And did eight hours
          And if that were The Way
               You’d opened up for me
                     To do the things which lie
                         As central to my life?

What would happen if I took You at Your word, O Lord –
     Believed You –
          That there was now a way
               For me to move on daily with my life
                        Without regard
                             To all the troubles
                                  Which impact these days?

What would happen
     If the right side of my brain,
          To use that metaphor,
               Enabled me to walk with You, O Lord,
                    Down paths of life,
                         Where days and nights were filled with joy
                              And we could live our lives
                                   In peace and harmony.

What would happen Lord, if You were right –
         And all this walk
              Of struggle
                   And of hardship, all these years,
                        Were just as author of Ecclesiastes said –
                             A puff of wind,
                                  A gentle breeze,
                                       Which wafts now through my window
                                             In the stillness
                                                  Of these early morning hours?

What if problem was,
     I had not grasped with firmness
          All the beauty of this life,
               From what was really
                    Just my point of view,
                         My focus,
                              And my way of doing life?

What if Echoland
     Was really all there was
           To my perspective –
                Yet enough to offer distance
                     And a hope
                          To all of life around –
                               Not through my brain,
                                    But through Your Word, O Lord,
                                         And poured out daily
                                              Through the lens
                                                   Of how I view the world
                                                        Through You?

What if all that really is for me
     Is just a simple way of seeing life –
          Yet from that way,
               (Which others think they know,
                    Yet do not know),
                          A point of view –
                               Like Bobby Bondar’s point of view –
                                    Affected
                                         And affecting
                                              All she sees
                                                   And does
                                                          Because of where she’s been?

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