Here is another Carol Lynn Pearson poem for the sabbath. It's called "Paradigm Shift," and is from her new volume of poetry, Finding Mother God.
PARADIGM SHIFT
After 359 years the Pope acknowledged
that heretic Galileo was right and
the sun does not revolve around the earth.
How long will it take me of the earth
to acknowledge the we heretic women are right
and the female does not revolve around the male?
For we too have scoped the heavens
revealed the center, can testify
of the brilliant celestial bodies, and lo!
the Heavenly Him and the Heavenly Her
do no orbiting, no presiding, no ranking
are perfect partners in a slow dance
so close you would observe
that they are One.
Isn't that lovely? I've pondered the construction of Abraham 3:19 for many years, and feel Pearson sheds some light on it. You may remember the verse says, "These two facts do exist, that there are two spirits, one being more intelligent than the other; there shall be another more intelligent than they." To me this indicates that the world of "ranking" belongs solely to the kingdoms lower than the celestial. Indeed, this is how you know you are in a lower kingdom. But in the celestial kingdom, we are all "equal heirs with Christ," and there is no more ranking. Indeed, that is how you know you are in the celestial kingdom.
What better preparation for that kingdom than a marriage in the new and everlasting covenant where there is no ranking--where there is a diarchy and not a patriarchy? Where there are two who are different, but yet are one? Living as two who stand before each other as loving, faithful equals is but an early taste of Heaven . . .