bitter-sweet of being

And when you get blue
And you've lost all your dreams
There's nothin' like a campfire
And a can of beans--Tom Waits from his song Lucky Day

it seems in every sweet thing
there is a bit of bitter
in every happy dream
there is a bit of nightmare
it somehow has to do with the garden
with Adam
with Eve
with us being made in the image of God
Imago Dei
and before a resurrection
there is a cross
a friend has a very ill father
another friend a very ill wife
we all live in the hope of resurrection
until then,
we walk in the way of the cross
in the bitter-sweet of being

wkm
nashville
for Scott and Jess