Called to Become

Called to Become

From the book Psalms of a Laywoman by Edwina Gately

You are called to become
A perfect creation.
No one is called to become
Who you are called to be.

It does not matter
How short or tall
Or thickset or slow
You may be.

It does not matter
Whether you sparkle with life
Or are silent as a still pool,
Whether you sing your song aloud
Or weep alone in darkness.

It does not matter
Whether you feel loved and admired
Or unloved and alone,
For you are called to become
A perfect creation.

No one's shadow
Should cloud your becoming.
No one's light
Should dispel your spark.

For God delights in you,
Jealousy looks upon you,
And encourages with gentle joy
Every moment of the Spirit within you.