John’s disciples are always fasting.
But yours go on eating and drinking.
But they went on searching.
And encountering.

Surely the search is what is important.
Not the behaviour .
Or rooting out the discordant.
What matters is finding the saviour.

The bridegroom is no longer with us.
But the wedding feast is not over.
The rest is superfluous.
He is gone yet still lives, the lover

We are mere stewards of the mysterious.
But we remain for ever curious.

…….

We can eat and drink
As we continue the search
That’s all we can do

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See 1 Corinthians 4 : 1-5