The process of calling

After I Peter 1:13-21 

The call is a process,

active and not passive,

an ongoing process.

First, prepare your minds,

specifically for action.

Second, be of sober mind;

the business at hand

is serious.

Third, be obedient; you are

a child made to obey.

Fourth, resist old passions;

do not conform to what’s

been cast aside.

Fifth, call on him, the father

who judges without favor.

Sixth, conduct yourselves

in fear; this is the time

of your exile.

Seventh, know you are

ransomed, an eternal

ransom fully paid.

Eighth, hold your faith

and all your hope

in the One who’s 

ransomed you.

 

Photograph by Pablo Lancaster Jones via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

“The Good Riddle” by G.K. Chesterton – Malcolm Guite.

 

Psalm 24 – poem by Megan Willome.

 

The Sleep Whisperer – poem by Kelly Belmonte at Kelly’s Scribbles.