Beloved by God

Don’t you know who you are, O soul of mine?
Not that you’re so unusual or odd,
made by divine, you’re made to be divine,*
you are someone, you are beloved by God.

With only one of you, you are unique,
an individual like everyone else,
to God and me you have your own mystique,
He sees a special you, and His heart melts.

You will not know this love until full blast
you feel its forceful beauty when you die,
a love God keeps, you know will last and last,
because you are the apple of His eye.

Have faith, my soul, you know God’s love is true,
know too the one beloved by God is you.

* “By the mystery of this water and wine,
may we come to share in the divinity of Christ,
Who humbled Himself to share in our humanity.”
--Prayer at Mass as the priest puts a drop of water,
representing us, into the wine, representing Christ.

                         by Pete Voelz     6/26/14