NOTES ON MICAH F

The Lord shall judge, "and they shall forge their swords

Into ploughshares" to till in restfulness

And reap where God's complacencies shall bless

Those whom He has redeemed from other lords.

And they shall forge their spears to pruning-knives,

Where every person's vine and fig-tree thrives,

Within the Israel that God revives.

THOUGHTS ON MICAH E

Micah 3: 1

"And I said ... Is it not for you to know

Judgment?". Because through grace you have been taught

God's ways of judgment, and by grace been brought

Into the place where He would have you grow.

Now, striving Christians, is it not for you

To know approvingly that which is true,

And glory in the grace that bears us through?

THOUGHTS ON MICAH D

"And their king passeth on before them": see

An army with Jehovah at its head,

Triumphant in the way that He has led

To pastures where His sanctuary shall be.

A multitude: "And their king passeth on

Before them": in His mercy He has gone

To be their Saviour and their paragon.

 Around Straiton Pond (again)

THOUGHTS ON MICAH C

Chap 2: 12

The whole of thee, I surely will assemble,

O Jacob, when your spirit is afflicted,

And contrite through the disciple inflicted,

And when you learn to hear God's voice and tremble.

All Israel shall be saved: the whole of thee

I will assemble; I will set you free:

O Israel, I will gather you to Me.

THOUGHTS ON MICAH B

 Chap 2: 10

Arise ye and depart; for this is not

The resting-place - the world's conclusions loom

Weaving a shoddy mantling of gloom - 

And do not look back like the wife of Lot.

Go forth to Him, and feel the Lord's embrace

Covering you; "Arise ye" and, through grace

Depart, for this is not your resting-place.

Aberlady Bay, East Lothian