The Waiting of All Things

Send us Fan Mailwww.cruciformjustice.comwords: Jon Swalesmusic. pixabay 'Hope'The Waiting of All ThingsThe whole creation waits—not quietly,but leaning forwardwith the ache of expectation.Galaxies tilt toward the dark,spirals cupped like listening ears.Stars hold their breathbetween burning and blessing,knowing there is morethan endless expansion and collapse.Rocks remember touch.They remember being named goodbefore they were quarried,before they were brokenfor speed and profit.They bear the weight of violence,the long erosion of sorrow,and still they wait—patient as prayer pressed into stone.Rivers keep movingthrough poisoned veins of land.Waterfalls falllike tears that refuse to be wasted.They groan with the sound of mourning,yet rush with hope,as if every plunge knowsit is not the end.Rainbows stretch themselvesacross wounded skies,not forgetting the flood,but daring to believethat mercy still arches over ruin.They wait,colours pulled taut as promise.Whales sing in the deep.Their voices carry grief and memory,songs heavy with plastic and silence,yet tuned for joy.They groan—but their groaning is music,a labour-song for a worldnot yet born.Trees rise on tiptoes,peering through the dark.Roots remembering light.Branches leaning toward dawn.Then—they clap their hands.Not politely.Not on cue.But wildly.Leaves shudder with memory.Bark strikes barkin stubborn praise.They clap because roots know resurrectionlong before theology names it.They clap because hopeis older than despair.All creation is watching,eyes wide with longing,for the revealingof the children of God.The world is not what it will be—and it knows it.When they appear—not by courage,not by timing,but because the hour has come—creation exhales.Rocks loosen their grip.Rivers quicken their dance.Forests erupt in applause.Galaxies widen with joy.This is the glory creation waits for:not escape,not domination,but belonging made visible.And the whole world—still groaning,still hoping—keeps leaning forward,waitingfor love unveiledto take fleshagain.Rev'd Jon Swales Feb 2026.