The State of the Union (Revisited)

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: January 16, 2016

Contemplating the health of our nation, marriage and relationship with God…

So what is the state of the union?
It depends on what union you mean.
When it comes to our nation there's schism.
There are blue states and red ones and green.

But what of the state of your marriage?
Is it marked by contentious regrets?
Is there lack of forgiveness and rancor?
Are there words that you'd like to forget?

Or is it a union of soulmates?
Of partners who strive every day
to work through their issues by listening
and pausing in silence to pray?

And what of the state of your prayer life?
Is it marked by the wonder of grace?
Are your prayers empty phrases and "gimmes"
or candidly seeking God's face?

Bottom line, what is true of our unions
depends on the work that's involved.
In our nation, our marriage, or prayer life,
faith at work finds dilemmas resolved.

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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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Well said...

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

Vincent McNabb