How can one give a name to God?
Whose every name is a lasting testimony
Of constant grace and steadfast pity,
Exceeding heaven and earth and every angel,
Whose every verb addresses our endless needs,
Whose every truth gives proof of the one who provides,
You, most merciful and compassionate,
You, forming the thoughts in our heads,
Shaping beauty around our warts,
Covering our foolishness with wisdom,
Showering our mortality with mercy, you,
Creator and sustainer of earth and time,
Guardian and defender of spirit and space,
The single source of space and soul,
The sole commander of time and place,
Of fire and wind and water and ground,
You are in control, you have the power
Over all, you are ineffable...
How can one give a name to the One
Who stands alone where there can be no other?
And yet there are those who do not know,
Souls outside who haven’t heard
And hearts who cannot see, who have no name:
Have grace and pity on hearts and souls
Who want so much to know.
Faithful and faithless alike will walk
This path together and they want to see
The one and only, maker and enabler,
All powerful, almighty and immortal,
All knowing, living and eternal,
Giver, taker, conquerer and forgiver,
The push of every movement,
And the place of every rest.
God stands alone and has no equal:
Let nothing come before, let no one stand beside,
And those asserting otherwise, beware!
How can one give a name to God?
Our weakness proves God’s perfection;
God’s power appoints our list of names.
Faithless and faithful alike
Will return from the mansion
With the happiness of their host
And nothing more, but knowing God
Transcends all dreams; awareness of God
Shakes all reasoning and perception;
And standing before God’s throne
Surpasses every posture and position:
And for the knowing soul, God’s throne itself
Will be the carpet under his feet,
And for the seeing soul, all praise is folly
Unless it is given to God.
And as a seeking soul, I want to turn to God
And call on God. ...but how?
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