What we abandon

After Isaiah 65: 17-25

New creation, the second,

beckons, extending

the invitation to step

forward, leaving behind

premature death, futility

of work, rotting

vineyards and cursed

fields, turning our backs

on the houses stolen

from us, the futility

and vanity of toil.

Step forward and accept

the lion and the lamb

lying together in peace,

in the safety of

the holy mountain. It is

only a step forward,

a step through. It is

the first word and

the last word,

a single step.

The end of history

After Isaiah 65:17-25

This is how it ends:

not with a bang

not with a whimper,

it ends with the light

peeling back the mists

hiding the new Jerusalem,

sorrow banished

from the city of life,

the place where the works

of our hands is realized

and enjoyed, where

nothing is vanity, when

nothing is vanity.

The end of history

is not the end

of the story.

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