NEWS

Waiting like a father reaching
for a child’s
first awkward steps…
Longing as a mother who looks
helplessly as her child
resists a warning

I reach to you as another
chance to make a
difference in time…
You think yourself small in
the vastness of so
many people who walk
past in a pace
as if to arrive at
“what matters”

“What matters” is you…
You are no accident or
incidental occasion
on a playing field
in some game
All would be different
if you were not here

I greet you…again
You matter…
Make a difference
I will notice…
And the one who
created me…and you
will too

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Jody Seymour retired after serving Davidson United Methodist Church as Senior Pastor for 13 years and being a pastor for forty-six years in the Western North Carolina Conference. He is the author of six books and resides just outside of Davidson with his wife, Betsy.