Not the dogs

After Philippians 3:1-3

We are not the dogs,

not the evildoer; we

are separated from that

and more, the dogs

gobbling and scavenging,

consuming any and all

they find, breathing in

and inhaling what they eat,

evildoers mutating

themselves in faint

imitation of the remnant,

sounding an appeal

but delivering death.

Photograph by Smit Patel via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Set aside, marked

After Philippians 3:1-3

Set aside, marked,

being the sign

of the remnant,

those defined

by whom they look to,

by whom they glory in,

but what they place

their confidence in.

Set aside, marked,

as destruction rages

around them, 

the remnant protected,

the remnant saved.

Photograph by Tom Barrett via Unsplash. Used with permission.