Since the One we follow said “To do my Father’s will is Daily Bread,” [i] then – how to grasp, to hold in sight, that given piece and walk each day a-right? Moments and occasions fly… I try, but not enough, or don’t, or just forget, then look in fright at how the time has sped while choice and choice were Other-wise instead. And now indeed I wish to hear “the still, small voice” [ii] Isaiah promised near behind me, guiding, in my ear “This is the way; walk in it,” [iii] when I “would turn to right or left” [iv] just for a minute…. How can my ears not hear, or eyes not see the Bread so blessed, the Portion and the Lot [v] designed for me? To do His will, my simple task: to walk “that Way” [vi] is all I ask (2000s) [i] John 4:34 – “Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work .’ ” [ii] Isaiah 30:20 – “No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher .… ” [iii] Isaiah 30: 21 – “… and your ears shall hear a word behind you : ‘This is the way; walk in it…. ’ ” [iv] Isaiah 30: 21 – “…when you would turn to the right or the left.” [v] Psalm 16:5,6: “Lord, my allotted portion and my cup, you have made my destiny secure. Pleasant places were measured out for me; fair to me indeed is my inheritance.” [vi] John 14:6 – “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ ” Comments are closed.
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Poems by Janet
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von Gumppenberg | Meet me at the Passage |
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