It is good to be human.
It is good to be a creature.
It is good to have a body.
God said so, decisively,
when the Divine became human,
when the Creator became a creature,
when God lived on earth in a body.
From the deepest depths of Love,
the Infinite chose limitations,
the Omnipotent chose weakness,
the Immortal chose mortality.
God so honored us, showing that it is
good to be human,
good to be a creature,
good to have a body.
So we honor God
by honoring bodies - ours and others’ -
by keeping distance and wearing masks,
and being inoculated as soon
as the vaccine is available to us,
and continuing to build community
without being together in person,
All for the time being.
All because
It is good to be human.
It is good to be a creature.
It is good to have a body.
God said so. Decisively.
And to God’s Yes, we say
a resounding,
once and for all time,
Glory, Hallelujah,
in excelsis Deo,
love unlocking,
terror-blocking
jingle bell rocking
YES!!
Art: from a Fiber Sculpture Nativity
By Susan E. Goff 2008