After Hebrews 4:1-13
They heard the word,
the same word, but
it fell as seeds
in stony ground.
To hear and not need
is to be denied rest.
They saw the example;
they saw the evidence
of all the works, but
the seeds washed away
with the flooding water.
To see and not heed
is to be denied rest.
They watched as some
entered into rest from
their works, and they
hardened their hearts.
To watch and to know
and not heed is to be
denied rest.
To enter into rest
requires striving,
as the word lives,
sharp, piercing,
identifying, knowing,
exposing. Without
striving, there is no
rest.
Photograph by Dogukan Sahin via Unsplash. Used with permission.
Some Friday Readings
She Says You Get What You Get – poem by Susan Cowger at Kingdom Poets.
All the Colors Of – poem by Adam Whipple at Rabbit Room Poetry.
Heroes of the Old West – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative.
Eisenhower’s Grief – David Bannon at Front Porch Republic.
Letting Go – poem by David Whyte.
