THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU

Look around you. WHO IS THE PERSON sitting next to you?
The PERSON next to you is the greatest miracle and the greatest mystery
you will ever meet at this moment,
A testament of the Word made flesh
of God's continuing Advent into the world, into our midst.

The PERSON next to you
is a unique universe of experience, seething with necessity and possibility
dread and desire, smiles and frowns
laughter and tears, fears and hopes
all struggling to find experience.

The PERSON next to you is surging to
BECOME something, in particular, to arrive at some destination,
to have a story, and a song,
to be known and to know...

The PERSON next to you--IS MYSTERY
And the WORD MADE FLESH IS MYSTERY.
And the word made Flesh
and dwelt among us.