He leads the humble

After Psalm 25:9, 119:81 

He leads the humble

in doing what is right,

and teaches the humble

his way.

 

The soul of the humble

longs for his salvation;

the soul of the humble

hopes in his word.

 

He leads the humble,

in the way they should go.

He leads the humble

from the cross. 

 

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Some Friday Readings

 

The Cross – poem by George Herbert at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

The End of Religious Liberty – Jason Duesing at For the Church.

 

Two Poems for Holy Week –Jody L. Collins at Poetry & Made Things.

 

Good Friday at St. Bartholomew’s – Spitalfields Life.

 

Covenant Prayer – sonnet by Michael Stalcup at Rabbit Room Poetry.

 

Fairy Tales and Holy Week – Daniel McInerry at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

Love Song – poem by Paul Wittenberger.

 

And Ran Away Naked, sonnet by Maryann Corbett – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.

He entered the city

After Psalm 25:9, 119:81 

He entered the city

on a beast of peace,

not as a conquering hero

but a servant,

a servant who would

suffer.

 

He entered the city

to sings and rejoicing,

to waving of palms,

to cloaks laid on his path. 

The people sang hosanna

to the servant who would

suffer.

 

He smiled as he rode

his beast of peace.

He smiled to see

rejoicing, to hear

the voices cheering

and singing his way

forward.

 

He smiled because

he knew their hearts,

the hearts soon to call

for his death. And

he loved them anyway.

He loved them because.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Queen Esther’s Lot: A Poem for Purim – Margaret Coats at Society of Classical Poets.

 

Four Marks of True Revival – J.T. Reeves and Douglas Sweeney at Desiring God.

 

Feminine Emotionalism and the Evangelical Conscience – G. Shane Morris at the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.