Drowning on dry land

After Hebrews 11:29-31 

Trapped, the water in front,

the army seeking vengeance 

behind, the terror and fear

overwhelming until the man

lifts his staff.

The water, the sea in front,

suddenly divides and parts,

the seabed dries, allowing

the people and escape, and

freedom. The crossing

finishes as the pursuing army

follows, chariots thundering

through the divided waters,

thundering on dry land,

until the man lowers 

his staff. The divided seas

converge. The pursuers

drown on what had been

dry land.

 

Photograph by Tim Marshall via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Act of seeing – poem by Joy Lenton at Poetry Joy.

 

 Shades and Shadows of Sherwood – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

In Our Chaotic Times, Some Atheists Are Rethinking Secularism – Carl Trueman at First Things Magazine.

 

There is Only One Great Book: The Bible – Samuel Klumpenhouwer at The Imaginative Conservative.