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By Margaret Kearley
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lay lifeless in the heat
except for the faint echo
of one pair of pacing feet.
Desolate the valley
surveyed by one alone
who trod a dusty carpet
of bone on bone on bone.
‘Can these bones live and function
again in healthy flow,
in useful living unction?’
‘O Lord, You only know.’
'Go prophesy, go utter
My Word; these bones of death
in their barren isolation
will feel again my breath.'
So, by divine appointment,
the prophet prophesied
then the valley loud resounded
with a stirring; side-by-side
dry bones began a-moving,
a-joining limb to limb,
a-clicking and a-fitting
of bone, then tendon, skin,
a re-forming of each body
as to creation’s plan,
skeletal bones clicked firm in place
to form once more each man.
Finger to hand, arm, shoulder,
to work, hold, build as planned,
toe, foot, leg, knee and ankle
to move, run, walk and stand.
The listening ear, the seeing eye,
the tongue and lips to speak,
the memory, the intellect,
to knowledge, wisdom, seek.
But ‘spite the bustling hustle,
movement, activity,
the mighty host of soldiers
was as still as still could be.
‘Can these bones live and function
again in healthy flow,
in useful living unction?’
‘O Lord, You only know.’
‘Go prophesy, go utter,
and from the four winds, blow,’
then the mighty breath of heaven
descended in full flow,
equipping and enabling
by power and might and grace,
each soldier armed and ready,
every living limb in place.
The Church, His Living Body,
in God-ordained diversity
is put and held by Him in place
as He would have it be.
Ezekiel 37
1 Corinthians 12
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Intense.
On topic
Thought provoking message.
Well done.