Two kingdoms

After Hebrews 12:18-29 

It inspired terror,

this kingdom of fire,

a blazing fire and

billowing darkness

and gloom, a storm

of trumpet sound and

a voice so terrible

that they begged

for silence. That is

not your kingdom. 

 

Your kingdom is alive,

pulsating with hope

and life, accompanied

by angels singing

with the firstborn

singing to the Father,

singing to the Son,

singing with the righteous

made stainless, singing

of the blood sprinkled,

cleansing. That is

your kingdom.

 

Photograph by Genevieve Perron-Migneron via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Friday Readings

 

Older – poem by Luci Shaw at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin). 

 

Don’t Confuse NEW with BETTER – Michael Kelley at Forward Progress.

 

The Wandering Friar of the Appalachian Trail – Daniel Sundahl at The Imaginative Conservative.