When I say

After Exodus 20:2-4 

When I say I am

the Lord your God,

have no other gods

before me, I’m serious,

deadly serious, for it is

a matter of life and

death. I am the Lord.

I am.

 

When I say you shall

have no other gods

before me, I mean none.

That includes politics,

work, celebrity,

self-beauty, animals,

smart phones, the number

of likes and followers,

public acclaim, money,

possessions, your house,

your garden, your car,

your dreams, your degrees,

your jewelry, your art,

your music, your hopes,

any of your created things,

any of your imagined things,

anything that you would

think you can replace me

with. I am a jealous God;

don’t think you can

replace me with anything.

Before you were,

I am.

 

Photograph by Michael Kroul via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Friday Readings

 

Onesiphorus: courage in a time of persecution, part 1 – Michael A.G. Azad Haykin at Historia ecclesiastica. 

 

Letter #142: Will God Save Us? – Andrw Klavan at The New Jerusalem.

 

Blue Light – poem by Stella Nesanovich at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin). 

 

Beginning of Months – poem by Cody Ilardo at Power & Glory.

 

Rain on the Window – poem by Seth Lewis.