Thursday, May 28, 2020

Grieve and Consider


 

Consider Now

If I somehow unwittingly prop up the walls
which were once torn down
--scratch that—
which were ADVERTISED to have been torn down
I solidify the division
and I am a transgressor


Consider

If we, those who believe,
have indeed
died
have been executed on spiritual planes 
with the blessed Messiah
and claim to live now only as “He in me”
then surely we can see
a hateful knee on the neck of one crafted in His image 
is a blistering, smothering stain
and there’s no excuse 
this must be anathema


Let us slow and consider now

Dearest ones, every sly eye 
of unwarranted suspicion must be
gouged 
out 
if we are to see more clearly
oh, and we MUST come to see more clearly
lest we quietly pave the road to hell itself
blind as we are with our two natural-born eyes of evil


For this Jesus, our Messiah
who showed up here in skin of rich Middle Eastern shade, by the way,
charged one and all as dirty sinners in need of a good washing
there is none righteous
and, while on this earth, He surely looked nothing like me
and yet He loved me anyhow?
Loves me even now?
Yes, because He values what He has made
--ALL He has made--
and what He plans to re-make


So listen now


His Bride must be the genesis of the healing
creating oneness inside diversity 
one in Christ
one in love
one in pushing back the darkness 
one in the careful keeping of our brothers and sisters 
in Jesus’ holy name


Oh, beautiful Bride, act now

And let every hue, every size and velocity of fist
chip
chip
chip 
away at the wall which
separates
indoctrinates
isolates and kills
Keep at it! Until
New Jerusalem arrives from the sky to
finally and forever 
trample 
and grind to powder
that bitter barricade 
chip
chip
chip
one faithful fistful of dirt at a time
for His glory and for our good











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