We continue to celebrate “Wednesdays with Walter“. For those of you who missed the story behind Wednesdays with Walter, please click HERE. Brueggemann has a gift to bring hidden thoughts of the soul to light before God. We invite you to join us for “Wednesdays With Walter” as you dive deeper in your own relationship with God and prayer life.
You sweep away what we treasure
Our salute to you tumbles out:
Lord, sovereign, governor, king
political images of us before you, gender specific,
marked by macho.
Sometimes we speak the terms glibly, out of habit.
Sometimes we speak them with gravity, counting on you.
But sometimes we are brought up short to see,
yet again,
that you are not kidding: you are other than us.
you will not be mocked.
Lord, sovereign, governor, king:
In your will you sweep away what we treasure,
We watch… and you sweep away a range of our idolatries,
apartheid… but not yet our racism,
military regimes… but not yet our superpower,
heresies… but not yet our self-indulgence.
You, you who sweep away and purge,
Sweep yet the systems of disobedience all around us,
sweep yet the networks of self-securing we treasure,
sweep yet our own childhoods that trap us,
sweet yet our little loves that disable us,
sweep yet our little fears that rob us of you,
sweep yet and make new.
Do your Friday sweep yet again, and
suit us for your Sunday governance. Amen.
luv sara - luv you!!! u both have been such an encouragement to me and my walk with God. have your book on my dresser and sara’s music in my cd player. thanks and hugs.