Is it the case?
That some, having experienced supernatural grace
an encounter with the power of God
In a specific time, place and manner

Become for the rest of the thirsting faithful
Avatars of our ultimate glory
Hints of ‘things hoped for’
Evidence ‘of things not seen.’

Their testimony confirming
Our Lord yet exists, an awesome God
Rewarding present-day diligent seekers

Does it follow then?
That others yearning, yet lacking
these experiences of God
Incline to assumption, that those so-blessed
Must know or do something special
To have experienced such grace
‘breaking the plane,’ as it were, of the everyday natural
affirming that there is indeed an ‘other side’ of this veil
Through which many see their Lord, in partial occlusion.
Either because, in the words of the prophet, He ‘hides himself’
Or because of the smudge of sin.

So some seek out for copy, the mechanics of the faith
of saints blessed with experiences of uncommon grace
what do they do? when do they do it? and for how long?
Just anything different, to which we may attribute their experience
Which others can adopt, in pursuit of their own encounter.

We may even project upon them
Our expectation that, knowing something others don’t
they become conduits of the grace they have experienced
Anytime, anywhere, at scale.

Yet, though deep truths may be gleaned
from the disciplines of other faithful
What truths at their best, point us (back) to Christ
And frequently to the ‘ancient paths.’

It is so like God
needing none of the praises of men
to do what He does away from the limelight
frequently for the ‘least of these.’
So the superior sovereign
designates times, places and subjects
As he always has, in His mercy, wisdom and truth
From the perspective of eternity.

And disappointment may yet await
who puts his trust, invests his hopes
in mere mortals, gifted though they may be.
who are blessed to have seen the glory of the King.