When most of us think of scaffolding we think of the unsightly structures that are used to support people and materials in constructions areas.

In my lifetime I have seen more than enough ugly scaffolding and would be quite happy never to see it again.

However, reality dictates otherwise.

There is perpetual need for scaffolding as buildings, bridges, and monuments age and need repair.

There is no place that you will see more scaffolding than in an ancient city where frantic construction is taking place to save crumbling buildings and structures that are thousands of years old.

Imagine my pleasant surprise when I learned that scaffolding didn’t have to be ugly anymore.

In fact, in Rome it is all to easy to walk by a building and not even notice that it is under construction.

Imaginative engineers have even come up with what can be considered as nothing less than…

Today, tomorrow, forever
how long is eternity?
Universes extending
into universes
some ideas are too big
to fit into this little brain;
it simply shuts down
refuses to think about it.

God’s love of us all
is one of those big ideas that
I can’t get my hands around.
To love all unconditionally,
how can this be?
When I consider how
fragile is my ability to love
compared to God’s,
it seems less than
even a sparkle from a star.
Yet I offer it,
imperfect though my love be,
to my Creator and to all
who comes from him,
air, earth and sea.