Our Cherishedness
A poem inspired by Jesus' Baptism, Matthew 3:13-17.
Each week—or through a featured poet—I write poems alongside the Revised Common Lectionary for the coming Sunday. These poems do not seek to explain scripture, but to let it shape and inspire words and lines that might awaken faith and wonder. Even if you don’t follow the lectionary, we are still fellow travelers. You are welcome here.
Our Cherishedness
After Matthew 3:13-17
The words pour
over your body
and sink to the depths
of your bones—
real words—
words as real
as the crunch of dry
leaves beneath your feet:
“my happiness—as long as I
am me—you are the
center of my everything.”
These words were said
first to the One who brings
all things together again—
But they reach to you
and me—all of us.
This is the pronouncement
of our cherishedness.
There is so much I
don’t know—so much.
But as the words
sink in—
I am held—
and made new.