Once upon a time, we captured God

Once upon a time, we captured God

By Edwina Gately

Once upon a time, we captured God….

We caught God!

And we put God in a beautiful box.

It was the best kind of box, it was made of gold

There were velvet curtains around the box and we put some flowers and candles there

and we said to the people come, come and see where God is….

And on a certain day, once a week, the people came, into this special place…

this special house  where God was… in the box

And when they came into this certain place, they dressed in certain ways

and they behaved in different ways…

they began to creep and to be hushed and quiet.

They made all kinds of gestures, and they kept their heads down and they whispered…

”look, see, God is in the box.”

And they were very, very quiet…

Then, when it was over, when it was time to go home, out they went out into their businesses, the streets and markets and returned to their lives.

But on that one day they would be different.

Then, one day, not that very long ago,

the great spirit of God, in the beautiful gold ornate box, pushed open the doors

and out she looked.

She looked around the great grey stone cathedral

and she said….

“There’s nobody here….”

“They’ve all gone….”

I will go and find my people

and then apparently, she slipped out of the box….

and I understand that she has been sited recently at McDonalds with a bag lady …