We carved a road through knowledge
into the land of death,
but Christ that road has hallowed
and blessed it with his steps.
We wrought it with temptation;
we plucked it from the tree,
but Christ has walked that highway
like dry land through the sea.
We should not have been mortal—
would not, had we not sinned.
We opened up that portal,
but Christ has entered in.
Our flesh was meant for heaven,
as all the wondrous earth.
Christ, knit with his creation,
draws heaven to the dirt.
So all the earth he's drawing;
he's dragging us on high—
we clutch his muddly garment—
right through the needle's eye.
And all that we have ruined
in him will be restored.
The road through death is new-made,
and Christ shall bear us forward.
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Kate Bluett 