Answer Me With Dancing

I want to be saved . . . and I want to save.  Amen.

I want to be set free . . . and I want to free.  Amen.

I want to be born . . . and I want to give birth.  Amen.

I want to hear . . . and I want to be heard.

Sweetness dances. I want to pipe; all of you dance.  Amen.

I want to make you beautiful . . . and I want to be beautiful.  Amen.

I want to join with you . . . and I want to be joined.  Amen.

I have no house . . . and I have houses.  Amen.

I have no ground . . . and I have ground.  Amen.

I have no temple . . . and I have temples.  Amen.

If you look at me . . . I will be a lamp.  Amen.

If you see me . . . I will be a mirror.  Amen.

If you knock on me . . . I will be a door.  Amen.

If you are a traveller . . . I will be a road.  Amen.

This is my dance . . . Answer me with dancing.

- from The Hymn of Jesus

- in the apocryphal book, The Acts of John

Artist: Maureen L White, www.urbanpasturesart.com