60th BIRTHDAY SONNET

The Centre holds: things do not fall apart

Because the Centre is the ascended Man

Whose work and worthiness secure our heart,

Who works all things to God's eternal plan.

If God confided everything to Him

Because He loves Him, we have confidence

Although the moment's outlook may seem dim,

The end will demonstrate His excellence.

Here He displayed the way we ought to go;

There He sustains in interceding love;

His Spirit guides us on the paths below

And soon we shall be with our Lord above.

So, as the wonder of God's ways unfolds

We trust in Jesus Christ: the Centre holds.

Written early today - my 60th birthday; 16 July 2014