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February
26, 1998
Sarah
at the Grammies
she
won last night for her song
“Building
a Mystery”
well
sung, well thought out
with
that odd little line
“and
a cross from a faith
that died before Jesus came”
evoking
images of mighty empires
long
since laid to rest
upon
forgotten kings
buried
deep in dust of time
leaving
only scattered traces
the
merest ghost of the glory gone
but
He’s been here all along
before,
during, and after
those
forgotten realms
that
predate His body
but
not His life
He
is
long
times before time began
the
target of all our faiths
to
oppose or to adore
unchanging
He remains
the
Lord
He
is
mystery
greater than all our dreams
sufficient
for all our hopes