As He Has Spoken

For Spencer W. Kimball

He spoke of a greater miracle
      than healing
      than angelic visitations
      than speaking in tongues,

A miracle that
      beautifies
      and warms
      and lifts,

           a second kind of healing
           a second kind of seeing,

A miracle that brings
      the blessing of peace
            from the turbulent storms      of hate
                                                                   of enmity
                                                                   of distrust
                                                                   of sin,

      the fruit of righteousness
            which cannot be bought
                  cannot be traded
                  cannot be bartered
                        but which the poorest
                        as well as the richest
                        may have in abundance—

A miracle of cleansing
A miracle of purification
                  The miracle of forgiveness.

This poem was inspired by the last chapter of The Miracle of Forgiveness.