What Is To Be Will Be
by Michael Doyle

As the day of celebration approaches,
My thoughts turn to the prayer that encroaches
On every other day and on all my ways.
It is as important as Christmas Day.

The Lord's Prayer is, itself, a revolution.
It teaches our path of spiritual evolution.
I ponder on each line as a separate teaching,
And I pray for all the souls that it is reaching.

The heart of Jesus's mission is the Sermon on the Mount.
If you pay due attention, it reveals what it's about.
Each line is a phrase that is not overly demanding.
If you pour your heart into it, there is understanding.

Walking with aspirations of right attitude,
The believer approaches the rise of the Beatitudes.
Long ago, on this hillside, Jesus began to teach
Seven lessons in one, in the hope that they might reach

The jagged hearts of a crowd of willing believers,
Hoping they might embrace and become conceivers
That our holy Father offers this family freedom
As He invites each of us to belong to His Kingdom.

In Egypt, the Israelites lived in slavery and dread,
And still, hard as it was, they multiplied and spread.
The Nile River's bondage oppressed in its narrow place.
God heard their cries and, as a father, opened His embrace.

The Sinai unraveled Moses' part of this holy story.
A burning bush spoke the truth of God's eternal glory.
Staring into the flickers of the sacred flame,
Whatever will be will be was revealed as God's name.

The focus shouldn't be on a label, but what God can do.
A label is temporary; what unfolds is what is true.
Redeemer, Father, rescuer - wrapped into one.
This is how the Lord's Prayer is begun...

(c) December 18, 2025   Michael Doyle
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