Called to the vineyard

Jeremiah 29:7-13

Called to the vineyard,

this broken and battered place

of tangled vines and rotting grapes,

called to this vineyard, this city of exile,

you will be battered in this city

you will be broken in this city

because that is the work

of calling to this city of exile

because that’s what it’s about

in this city of exile,

this broken, battered place.

Joy yes but brokenness and

violence and he knows because

he lived it in this city of exile

and being called here

has a point

has a purpose

and the point is called salt

and the purpose is called light. 

Photograph by Zoltan Tasi via Unsplash. Used with permission.