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Lament & Hope

Lament & Hope

Von: Rev'd Jon Swales
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A podcast journey of prayer, poetry and teaching from Rev'd Jon Swales.

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  • The Waiting of All Things
    Feb 6 2026

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    words: Jon Swales

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    The Waiting of All Things

    The whole creation waits—

    not quietly,

    but leaning forward

    with the ache of expectation.

    Galaxies tilt toward the dark,

    spirals cupped like listening ears.

    Stars hold their breath

    between burning and blessing,

    knowing there is more

    than endless expansion and collapse.

    Rocks remember touch.

    They remember being named good

    before they were quarried,

    before they were broken

    for 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 moving

    through poisoned veins of land.

    Waterfalls fall

    like tears that refuse to be wasted.

    They groan with the sound of mourning,

    yet rush with hope,

    as if every plunge knows

    it is not the end.

    Rainbows stretch themselves

    across wounded skies,

    not forgetting the flood,

    but daring to believe

    that 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 world

    not 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 bark

    in stubborn praise.

    They clap because roots know resurrection

    long before theology names it.

    They clap because hope

    is older than despair.

    All creation is watching,

    eyes wide with longing,

    for the revealing

    of 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,

    waiting

    for love unveiled

    to take flesh

    again.

    Rev'd Jon Swales

    Feb 2026.

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  • East of Eden: Advent in Newcastle
    Dec 6 2025

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  • East of Eden: Advent in Hull
    Dec 6 2025

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