Drenched as we are (Jan Richardson)

As if we could call you
anything other than
beloved
and blessed
drenched as we are
in our love for you
washed as we are
by our delight in you
born anew as we are
by the grace that flows
from the heart of the one
who bore you to us. 

--Jan Richardson,
"Blessing the Baptism" 

Image & poem source:  https://paintedprayerbook.com/2013/01/09/baptism-of-jesus-washed/