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Micah 7:18-20

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There are times we forget what to pray for
Distracted by suffering and woes
We pray for blessings of good things
And pray for destruction of foes

Micah reminds – God is faithful
As He was, and is, and will be
But that doesn’t mean He has in mind
The same things as you and me

We’re reminded here to have wonder
At the merciful love of our God
That his nature is to offer gracious release
To children who deserve the rod

For we are His Beloved possessions
Invited to live in His peace
(Remember Paul says we shouldn’t purpose
To sin that His grace might increase.)

We Love because He has loved us
And our prayers are heard by Him
We are blessed to remember that under His feet
Are not our enemies, but our sins.

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Exodus 34:1-9, 27-28

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It sounds like so much danger
An ominous invitation
To come into His presence
After testing Gods’ own patience

A threat? Or just a promise?
Onto our children’s kin
That parents aren’t the only ones
Impacted by their sin

We will all inherit
Choices made by those before
And from us to our grandchildren
A path we cannot ignore

Moses understood
The patient Love of God
And in the midst of all the heavy words
He includes an encouraging nod

The truth that we inherit something
God has committed onto stone
So Moses helped us remember
Who sits upon the throne.

He who proclaims such heavy words
About what children will receive
Calls us His own children,
If we will only believe…

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Genesis 4:1-16

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When Eve knew Adam
She bore him a son
They produced a man
In a world undone

The boys were alive
As seen with the eyes
But as we read Genesis
We realize

That Adam & Eve both died in the garden
And death was their product of choice
So it shouldn’t surprise us to hear from Cain
And hear such a thing in his voice

“But they didn’t die”, an easy response
They simply were given consequence
They sewed their own clothes &
Had to live on the other side of the fence.

To our ways of measuring they seem alive
A problem we still face today
We nod at our abilities when we seem blessed
Never mind that we make our own way

Our own way is death
His Word reveals
Even though heartbeats & breath
Seem to easily conceal

Some people ask how we filled the world
From only one family at start
I think there’s a more significant question
One that begins in our hearts

The right question isn’t “how’d so many
Come from two original brothers?”
Rather- how’d we grow at all
with a nature
Of killing each other?