Showing posts with label Luke 18:15-17. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luke 18:15-17. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2019

Two kingdoms


After Luke 18:15-17

Two kingdoms face each other
across a gulf, a valley, a canyon,
a divide, deep into the earth, one
the kingdom of children, the other
the kingdom of men, of man,
two kingdoms:

one relying on faith
one relying on acts

one a path to peace
one a journey to war

one a passage in faith
one an existence in fear

one kingdom yearned for
one kingdom occupied

Photograph by Michael Janek via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Kingdom of children


After Luke 18:15-17

It is the kingdom of children,
the kingdom of awe and wonder,
of innocence and trust,
the kingdom where the hearing
is the knowing, as words travel
from voice to ear to heart, and
the truth is heard and
recognized as soon as it’s spoken.
Such are the hearts, 
such are the souls,
who reside in the kingdom
of children, the kingdom
received by the children.

Photograph by Annie Spratt via Unsplash. Used with permission.