Jesus I can’t see you I don’t know I’m in mourning
And Jesus scooped us under her wings And let us touch the wounds—know what it’s like to have to leave parts, family and self behind on offer to resurrect in visible and invisible ways
And God whispered once again that we are fiercely and wonderfully made
Until we could find ourselves again Blessed Trans Visibility Day May you be you full self And find places of sanctuary and belovedness in your life
*and for all those who say screw it You can’t see me It is not time Or it’s not about Jesus
Yessssss Because its your day to do it your way And it is beautiful to be seen And be called by your chosen name In the right context
O God of Pronouns, We give Praise to the Great One the one who is identifiable as God
“I am, what I am” you say! The great They!
The Incarnate He and She– the God of Trans-Being!
Impregnating Mary, Fathering God, Breastfeeding God of Many Mounds/Breasts* God of Mountains and Might!
You shatter all stereotypes!
Making every single person, male and female, in your image. Exactly in your image! male-and-female, intersex, nonbinary,
Spectrum, rainbow God who put your promise for nonviolence in the symbol for queer love, before humanity knew
Because you knew who had Joseph, who could not sleep with a woman in a beautiful lady’s cloak, perhaps of rainbow colors, before we knew, you knew.
God of pronouns, who said, you can call me he or she or they; whatever makes you feel closest to me.
Invisible and Visible God: on this day where visibility is not enough where celebration, belovedness, affirmation and acceptance is the bare minimum
Remind us that you are the God of Pronouns, so of course you affirm and celebrate them.
God of Saul/Paul, Jacob/Isaac, Mara/Naomi, Abram and Sarai and Abraham and Sarah–
God of Joseph of the Coat of Many Colors, of the Ethiopian Eunuch of the Virgin Mary,
God of all the found families in the Bible.
Remind us that you affirm us in our full identity: Name, Pronoun, Found Family, All of it.
And for this we give you thanks and praise, to the great I am, the great They/Them.
Thank you God!
Amen.
Feel Free to use/adapt/share with credit to Pastor Katy Stenta
*In Hebrew the word we often translate as Almighty means God of many mounds which can mean the God of many mountains (places to worship) or the God of many breasts (places to get nourishment)
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