Saturday 27 February 2021

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.






Saturday 20 February 2021

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?

Sunday 14 February 2021

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)

Sunday 7 February 2021

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.

Friday 5 February 2021

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