Showing posts with label Ephesians 5:1-20. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ephesians 5:1-20. Show all posts

Sunday, August 9, 2020

The chorus of don'ts


After Ephesians 5:1-20

Don’t be immoral,
and don’t kid yourself
that you don’t know
what it means because,
yes, you do and you are.

Don’t be impure,
a form of covetousness,
a form of desire
for what we don’t have
but think we should.

Don’t partner with those
who are either; darkness
mixing with light
begats murk and gloom
and only more darkness.

Don’t walk in acts
of darkness, acts
of destruction, and
instead expose darkness
to the light.

Make the best use 
of these days,
these evil days.
Give thanks.
Sing the songs.

Photograph by Petr Kratochvil via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

Friday, August 7, 2020

Loving children


After Ephesians 5:1-20

Children are loved,
and children imitate.
Being loved is walking
in love, with a holy love,
a fierce love,
the same love given
to us, the love
of faithfulness even
to death, a love
which amazes,
which terrifies,
and we ask how,
how are we loved,
how are we to love?

Photograph by Lebin Yuriy via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.