What Was It?

What Was It?

Theology in the Trenches

By Kathleen Kjolhaug

Was it the times we laughed, shared, and called…just because…that I miss? Or did you stop calling just because and therefore, you’re missed?

Was it the time when all the groups were formed and there just wasn’t room for one more… and it made for an odd man out…so it was easier to keep your spot than make room for one more?

Was it the time it felt almost like family and trying became a little too obvious and so…power given over allowed for the taking of it…and as the gavel swung it was determined that bloodlines were not only drawn, but set?

Was it the time when community spirit was more territorially driven and last one in was really never in at all and so “welcome” did not roll off tongue?

Was it the time when the teams were set…long before all members were even born…and when they finally were, the deck looked like it may pose a threat…so tearing down became easier than building up?

Was it the time when your desire to befriend was driven by the need to help others you love… therefore using…rather than choosing to truly care…a current, currently all too trendy?

Was it the time when walking tall…made others feel small…as names branded and worn shielded…shielded hearts from walking as one…as equals…for thou shalt not pass or surpass the power purchased…for it is pricey and yours is not…therefore…I am better than you?

Was it the time when it was merely too good to be true and all you had to be was true and you weren’t?

Was it the time…years gone by now…when all of the above still teeter on the totter and there is no middle ground to balance? That which was…still is?

Like a drop leafed table, we become smaller once support which was meant to give…gives way. For I have not only been done to but have done unto You.

“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us…and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil...” (Matt. 6:12-13) Amen.