Christian toleration?
Toleration
is often
exalted
as a virtue.
I
am not so sure.
I
know I do not yearn to be 'tolerated'.
Did
the father barely tolerate the prodigal?
Does
the father merely tolerate us all?
I
tolerate, without much thought,
the
motorway at dawn,
stale
air in city streets,
siren
and motor horn.
I
tolerate an icy wind,
I
tolerate the daily grind.
I
tolerate the miscellany
of
pulsating humankind
Do
I tolerate my brothers and my sisters?
I
know I do not long to be tolerated.
I
long to be
loved,
understood,
welcomed.
~Sue
Brown
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