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Wisdom

  saw it through

  and She delighted

  in the thought of you

  before ever a thing came to be--

  before God allowed

  the scraping sound of birthing worlds

  before the great swirling whirls of possibility

  burst forth like a storm tossed sea

  before the proud waves were held back

  or the fountains of the deep restrained

  Before wild confusion receded and stability appeared like dry land

  Before He saw that it was good and

  the Nothing-horrors cast that first envious look….

  Wisdom breathed

  Moving playfully over the face of the deep

  knowing the end from the beginning

  She saw the whole, wondrous sea

  (like knowledge and possibility)

  churn out in violent waves

  birthing you and me

  Yes, before this limited place

  played out all its natural limits

  and the broad sea became a little lake of eternal fire

  Ever receding, ever fleeing

  the Face of God…

  They delighted in the thought of you

  And laid down a humble yet courageous plan of rescue

  A wise but dangerous path

  Jesus—the Way

  For only He could transcend those waters!

  Only He who longs for her,

  The Eternal, Creative Song of the Father.

  Only He, that terrible Name,

  Who knows whence She came

  And where She is going