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Saturday, November 5, 2022

Poetic Fulfillment

 Rom.1:20

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—
his eternal power and divine nature—
have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, 
so that people are without excuse.









We shall not want for wonder where the font of nature spills
In fine four-season splendor, to woodlands and fields and hills
The Author of the poetry from which earth’s poets drink
Transcends human periphery confined to page and ink
Without a word He quiets us, without a word He pens
The poetry that silences pride’s pompous clucking hens

We shall not want for wisdom in the prose of Deity
The birds are fed, the lily clothes the field in royalty
The penmanship of earth and sky births reverence unflawed
By mortal boast; our worth the offspring of love’s breath of God
While we dip quills into a wellspring rife with the design
Of branches learning how to cling to the Life-giving Vine

We shall not want for worship while we read the works of He
Who is faithful and perfect though often reviled by we
Who ought to bow the knee and confess with ardent acclaim
The Saviour of Humanity who knows us all by name
He is loving and good, a world of wordless poems spells
His nature clearly understood by what creation tells

© Janet Martin





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