The forces against

After Ephesians 4:11-16 

We are surrounded and

targeted, nurtured by

those raised up for

that purpose, strengthened,

fed, encouraged, taught

so that we resist the forces

arrayed against us daily:

every kind of doctrine,

slyness and cunning,

craftiness and schemes

of deceit and falsehood.

We are strengthened 

against them all

taught to discern,

reinforced to resist,

to see these forces

for what they are.

 

Photograph by Joseph Sharp via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Friday Readings

 

From “Showings or Revelations of Divine Love” – poem by Julian of Norwich at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

Every Idle Word – poem by Malcolm Guite.

 

The Consolation of Silence – David Bannon at Front Porch Republic.