chabad: the weight of glory

today the Hebrew ancients

reminded me of the

correlation between

an object’s weight

and its glory;

Pharaoh,

possessive of his own glory,

laid upon the Hebrew slaves

a weight they could not bear,

a quota of brick-making they could not keep—

the more glorious he thought himself,

the more hardened his heart became;

Yahweh,

whose very Face

radiates glory,

looked upon the weak ones

with compassion,

bore the weight of their sorrow

and gained greater glory—

Yahweh, the One we know by Name,

regarded the small ones

whose names we have forgotten

and so became bigger

as they bear that Name,

their freedom and tether;

Christ,

bearer of burdens,

grow in my heart,

make me heavy with love,

slow me down

to be present

to suffering,

to listen to the voices crying out

their ancient wails

outside the portable walls

of these tabernacles

weighted with glory,

these tabernacles

of tangible souls,

sufferers begging

to be believed,

panting for relief

from the skeptics

chasing after them

in the midst of the Red Sea.

……………….

chabad: the weight of glory

by troy cady

for all the suffering ones

longing for exodus,

sukkot 2018