One Who Restores Streets Lined with Homes
This is a short video representation of this passage from Isaiah 58, based on my slightly poetic paraphrase. I also reference my translation of the passage in my blog post on Psalm 119:105.
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Isaiah 58 – A Slightly Poetic Paraphrase
Let your voice be heard!Don’t hold back!Announce it with fanfare.Tell my people they’ve left,Veered right off the path. Even so, they keep looking for me,as though they really like my way.They act like they’ve been righteous,Coloring inside my established lines.They want me to judge righteously,as though they really want to obey. “We’ve fasted. Why don’t…
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And after that …
(This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between any person or place and the real world is strictly accidental. Copyright © 2019, Henry E. Neufeld.) Fifteen years and $250,000,000 later, Steven (never Steve) Porter got a sign. There was a great wind It was a stormy day, and as he was going to work,…
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Thankful in All Things
In everything, give thanks. At every time, even when it’s time to do something unpleasant, In every place, even where you don’t want to go, In every way, even sometimes in ways you find strange, For every one, even the people you really don’t like, For every privilege, even those you’d rather not acknowledge, For…
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Bible | Christianity | Poetry | Religious
Weariness
Why? Why? … says Jacob. … asks Israel. My Lord doesn’t even notice As justice slinks away. Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard? Eternal God, Creator of the Universe Doesn’t tire Doesn’t wear out. Just try to find something God doesn’t understand! Giving strength to the weary Great power to the powerless Even the young…
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God’s Perfect Calendar
Everything has its season. Each purpose has its time. A time for birth, a time for death. A time to put in, a time to pull out. A time to kill, a time to heal. A time to demolish, a time to construct. A time to cry, a time to laugh. A time to lament,…
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Bible | Poetry | Translation
Psalm 50
Asaf’s Song Yahweh, God over gods spoke Summoning the world from farthest east to utter west. From Zion, his perfect beauty Blazes out everywhere. Our God is coming, and will not be silenced Devouring fire leads, Powerful wind surrounds. He calls to the skies above and the ground below to judge his people. Gather to…
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Bible | Christianity | Poetry | Religious
Like David (A Meditation on Psalm 51)
Like David, I can Approach God Because God is Giving Loving Forgiving Fully cleansing. Confess Because I am a Sinner Displeaser Prisoner Veteran wrongdoer. Rejoice Because God Teaches Enlightens Washes Songs restores. Be restored Because God is Creator Restorer Granter Willing deliverer. Proclaim Because I’m Singing Praising Sacrificing Witness giving….
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Bible | Poetry | Religious | Uncategorized
What Was It Like?
When God said, “Let there be light!” What was it like? An explosion of sound Like rolling thunder Clashing cymbals Booming drums Or a wildly cheering crowd? Or maybe it was glorious music An engaging ballad, An organ performance A symphony A marching band Perhaps an explosion of rock and roll. Perhaps it was a…
