The message is the medium

After Romans 1:18-32

It’s a list, a list of stains,

a list no given but originates

from within, when the word

is ignored, when the word

is mocked, when the word

is buried, and the god is

the self.

What a list:

dishonorable passions,

a debased mind,

unrighteousness,

evil,

covetousness, malice,

envy, murder, strife,

deceit, maliciousness,

gossip, slander, hate,

pride, boasting, disobedience,

foolishness, faithlessness,

heartlessness, ruthlessness,

welcoming evil as a friend,

throwing off the reins,

running free,

trampling one another.

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Presence

After Romans 1:18-32

The presence is there;

it’s always been, designed

into the lines of creation,

creation in all its majesty,

its beauty, its power,

its structure, its consistency,

and fitting together. It is 

not hidden; it exists 

in plain sight, no special

glasses needed, no attendant

required to pull back

the veil, no spitlight necessary.

The consequence, the result,

is no one can claim

it wasn’t there,

it was hidden, or

they just missed it.

No excuses, not

this time, not

now.

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A storm

After Romans 1:18-32

Clouds build, darken,

threaten a storm; it

breaks, incessant power

and sound, a storm

of destruction, not

a natural storm, but

a storm of punishment,

of retribution, unleashed

against those embracing

ungodliness, those embracing

unrighteousness, those embracing

evil and calling it truth, suppressing

what is true, strangling what is truth.

A storm breaks,

and pours down.

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