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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Adonai-Jireh


Are you my Isaac
or my Regina?
one given back
one gone forever

it feels sadistic
this giving over
of what you love
to become better
the leap of faith
escapes reason
I can’t explain
but I find meaning

And yet I’m holding up my knife
Still hoping for the ram to arrive

2 comments:

Reese said...

Remind me who Regina is again? Maybe I can do a book about her too.

angie said...

You're so funny. She's not biblical. She's historical. I was being intentionally cryptic. Regina Olsen. Kierkegaard wrote about her in Fear and Trembling when he wrestled through the story of Abraham and Isaac. She was his sacrifice.