[called to become]

You are called to become a perfect creation.

No one is called to become who you are called to be.

It does not matter how short or tall

Or thick-set or slow

You may be.

It does not matter whether you sparkle with life

Or are silent as a still pool,

Whether you sing your song aloud or weep alone in darkness.

It does not matter whether you feel loved and admired

On unloved and alone

For you are called to become a perfect creation.

No one's shadow should cloud your becoming,

No one's light should dispel your spark.

For the Lord delights in you,

And encourages with gentle joy every movement of the Spirit

Within you.

Unique and loved you stand,

Beautiful or stunted in your growth but never without hope and life.

For you are called to become a perfect creation.

This becoming may be gentle or harsh,

Subtle or violent, but it never ceases, never pauses or hesitates,

Only is -

Creative force -

Calling you - Calling you to become

A perfect creation.

-----Edwina Gateley