doubt

 

doubt’s okay

where would we be without it

the buttons might

be popping off our vests

(and they might be nice buttons)

 

the parent before Jesus

who asked for healing

for the child whose

demon threw the child

into fire and water

 

Jesus replies, if you have faith

the parent cries,

I believe

and I have doubt

and churlish to say

help me with my unbelief

 

and you know what happens next

is that

the child is healed

the upstart comments of

the dad or mom

the bolt of lack of faith

somehow

finding home

 

it must be all right

to doubt

to wonder if we have it all

everything we need to know

or that the world

as it’s known

with all the ways we think about

the world

 

are enough

are in fact

perfect in our thinking

and devotion

 

is it a wonder

that the wind

is both invisible

and forceful

 

there is confidence

although in the desert

on the ocean

wind might falter

so might we

 

c l couch

 

 

 

Sailors aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) spot a life raft at sea near Bermuda after being called for assistance by the U.S. Coast Guard.

U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class J. Maurer.

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