Bye Bye Blackbird

Cover their faces with shame, LORD,
so that they will seek your name.
~ Psalm 83

Bang Bang

Then I saw the beast
and the kings of the earth
and their armies
gathered together to wage war
against the rider on the horse
and his army.
~ Revelation 19

Doing That Scrapyard Thing

So the last will be first,
and the first will be last
~ Matthew 20

What He Said.

Then Jesus began to denounce the towns
in which most of his miracles had been performed,
because they did not repent.
~ Matthew 11

Anthem

I am under vows to you, my God;
I will present my thank offerings to you.
For you have delivered me from death
and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.
~ Psalm 56

Pictures of Home

A time is coming
and in fact has come
when you will be scattered,
each to your own home.
You will leave me all alone.
Yet I am not alone,
for my Father is with me...
~ John 16

Here in this prison of my own making
Year after day I have grown
Into a hero but there's no worship
Where have they hidden my throne?
I'm alone here
With emptiness, eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And screaming out pictures of home

The James Gang

Those who consider themselves religious
and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues
deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
~ Book of James

The Insolent Middle Finger of the Apocalypse

This is what the Sovereign LORD,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
In repentance and rest
is your salvation,
in quietness and trust
is your strength,
but you would have none of it.
~ Isaiah 30

Deep Freeze

From whose womb comes the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?
Can you bind the chain of the Pleiades?
Can you loosen Orion’s belt?
~ Job 38