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Isaiah 51:4-8

We’re reminded not to aim for the heavens
For they too will vanish like smoke
In a moment all will be different
According to words that are spoke.

For some the words come as judgment
A difficult end to their strife
To see all the effort they’ve given to self
Ended just like a gnat’s life

But God uses different vocabulary
To describe what He has in store
Teaching, and Justice, Deliverance
Salvation and even much more

Not poured out for only one nation
As all are disarmed, His will rule
The arms which have been used to oppress the world
Worms will eat all these up, just like wool.

But His arms arrive to deliver
Salvation that lasts for all time
We listen and look, to join such a heart
As fruit that desires the vine.

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Micah 7:18-20

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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Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7

It wasn’t a magic
apple or pear
That made Eve and Adam
even more aware

Aware that their status
was less than divine
A choice that brought death
To theirs, yours, and mine.

The choice was not simply
To chew and to swallow
The choice was to lead
Instead of to follow

To say “we know better”
When God gives a way
It’s a choice that still
Looks tempting today.

A choice to serve self
Over loving others
To see enemies
In our sisters and brothers

To live lives divided
Apart and alone
To deny that Jesus
Has taken the throne

By giving himself over
To the worst of our choosing
He won the battle
We were already losing

We’ve been set free
Reconciled to Love
No longer burdened
With “doing/being enough”

We are less than divine
That’s Grace Freely given
As His Love brings life
To we, who weren’t living.