After I Peter 2:21-25
As he was called,
so, too, are we called,
called to suffer. Sinless,
committing no wrong,
he was called to suffer
to the point of death.
He provided the example
to follow:
Reviled, do not answer
back in kind. Suffering,
do not threaten. Trust
the just judge. Die to sin.
Live to righteousness,
His wounds have
healed us, brought
the strays back
into the fold, back
to the overseer,
back to the shepherd.
Photograph by Levin Anton via Unsplash. Used with permission.
Some Friday Readings
The Gift – poem by A.F. Moritz at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).
The Darkness of Winter – Vanessa Doughty at Fields and Valleys.
Faith and the American Founding – Barbara Elliott at The Imaginative Conservative.
Psalm 5 – poem by Megan Willome (with Callie Feyen) at Poetry for life.
