... way. He assures us that at the heart of this universe is One whom we, too, may call Father, One who calls us son/daughter. We marvel, do we not, that so many we know feel they cannot lay hold on this transforming relationship? For some, Walter de la Mare's "The Listeners" is a vivid description, "Is there anybody there?" Said the Traveler, Knocking on the moonlit door; And he smote upon the door a second time; "Is anybody there?" he said, But no one descended to the Traveler Where he stood perplexed and ...
... gives us that life now, more life than we expect or anticipate now, more than enough now. Also, by the way, we’ll keep living beyond death. That’s better news than just sometime after death being in heaven. Why wait? Jesus offers us life now. Walter de la Mare’s poem “The Listeners” pictures a horseman who’s arrived at night and knocks on a door. The poem is mysterious as to who the horseman is and what’s so important about his coming and knocking, but no one answers the door. Finally, he ...
Walter de la Mare wrote a fascinating little poem titled, "The Listeners." He wrote: "Is anybody there?" asked the Traveler, Knocking on the moonlight door; And his horse in the silence chomped the grasses Of the forest’s ferny floor; And a bird flew up out of the turret, Above the traveler’s head: ...
