Isaiah 49:1-7
The Servant of the Lord is all of Zion,
or even the whole of Israel, too.
The people God chose to be a scion,
his grace and mercy to fully imbue
their lives to the point where every breath
exhales love to cast out all oppression,
and fill the whole world with a certain depth
to understand God’s view of progression.
Instead, we have only labored in vain,
and have spent all of our strength for nothing.
For, while on earth it seems that we have gained,
spiritually, we are barely trudging.
That’s why it’s so hard to follow God’s call,
for the nation is to be servant of all.
I cannot wait for rulers
to prostrate
and show reverence
for the faith they espouse.
I cannot wait for kings
to speak straight,
not in malevolence
or with lying endowed.
I cannot wait for presidents
to repent and rotate
toward benevolence
instead of breaking their vows.
I cannot wait until we, the servants
fortify, costate
God’s preference
of turning swords into plows.
John 1:29-42
The Word was made flesh and tabernacled here,
a temporary situation,
a strange kind of covert operation
with everything in the open, in the clear.
These first disciples wanted to know
where he was staying, or more, where he stood,
wondering if by his teachings they could
leave behind their ways of living and show
that there was something better, more faithful,
a new teaching that wasn’t so new,
not a lecture, but more of a review
that God’s love is not hateful but grace-ful.
I asked, but he’s the one who summoned me
saying in his gentle way, “Come and see.”