In the beginning, John revealed the light
and said, "Let men repent."
And John's Aunt Mary saw that was good.
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And John declared to the crowds, "Behold
Sin is taken away by the Lamb of God."
And there was water
and over the water there was the Spirit
hovering;
heaven tore down, and Mary saw
that this was God.
And God was well pleased.
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Then
Jesus called Andrew
Andrew called Simon
Jesus called Simon, Peter.
And there was evening and there was morning, a very full First Day.
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Jesus called, "Follow me, Philip".
Philip saw the Law and the Prophets fulfilled.
Philip called Nathaniel
and after a bout of doubt
and a lesson routed in a fig tree
Nathaniel came to see
a teacher and his God and his King.
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And there was faith
and the promise of a great adventure.
More than enough for the Second Day.
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There was a wedding in Cana
and Mary nudged her son:
'The wine has finished
This - is - not - good.'
And Jesus said, 'Mum. Not now'.
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And Mary said
'Listen to your mother.'
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And Jesus sighed.
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And Mary told the servants,
"Do whatever he tells you."
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Then Jesus saw that it was no use to argue.
And he said, "let there be water".
And they rolled across the stone jars in front of him.
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And Jesus said, "let there be wine".
And it was so - very - good.
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And Mary smiled to herself,
thinking how Joseph would have loved this,
and whispered to Jesus:
'This just the start you know.'
And he did,
and it was.
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And there was a Mother's faith
and there were gallons of glorious wine.
And Mary kept on smiling, so proud of her son
and of this start of his new-vintage Kingdom
with this original third day, rolled-stone, miracle.
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And there was a party,
and singing
and there was much laughter,
and the Son danced
with his mother through the night.
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There was evening and there was morning,
a Fine Third Day.