Living Here And There

They call it Duel Citizenship,
A home on earth, a home in heaven
Living in the flesh
Living in the Spirit
One is death
One is Life

The battle rages on
Outside and inside
Wanting to do what’s right
Then doing what you hate
How can there be peace
In a body that’s torn apart?

Look to the veil
In the temple
On the day that Jesus died.
Before it was one
And hung as a barrier
To the Holy of Holies

Then it was torn
And lay on the floor
In a pile at someone’s feet
Now an open door
For every royal priest
To enter and cry "Abba"

To the One who makes
It possible to take our seats
At the Heavenly banquet
And live a life of true wholeness
While living here and there.

Copyright 2011 Gloria Fisher.