Devotional – November 5, 2025

Today’s devotional is from the poet John Roedel.

I fell through a hole in 

a church pew yesterday 

and landed right 

in the thick amber

field of a piece of 

stained glass

I asked a red saint

who was stargazing

“why must I suffer?”

without looking

at me

he said

“to know God.”

I didn’t like 

that answer 

so 

I crawled through

a mist of royal triangles

and swam across a sea of ovals

and scaled a pointed cusp

until I found a glowing sinner

and I asked her the

same question

“why must I suffer?”

she placed her

green hand on my

purple cheek

and sung

“Because a broken heart

is easier to share.”

suddenly

my hands became

turquoise doves

and my lips became

yellow vines

and my feet became

fat red rubies

and I became radiant 

painted glass of the divine 

and I became

reflected light

and everything

I touched glowed

and now my broken

illuminated heart 

colors the walls 

of every room I walk into 

~ john roedel 

{photo credit: Juan Manuel Aguilar}

Peace Be With You. – Paul