NOTES ON MICAH O

Cart wheels, Gujarat

 O God, "Who is a God like unto thee ..."

Forgiving sins and passing by transgression?

Humbly I brought repentance and confession:

Thy loving-kindness has encompassed me.

Thou will perform truth unto Jacob, hold

Thy mercy over Abraham, and unfold

Thy grace, as promised in the days of old.

This concludes a second series of Onns (an Onn being half a Sonnet) on Micah, a prophet I enjoy.  I may sort them together for you.

NOTES ON MICAH N

 Micah 7: 11

In that day, when the city's walls are built,

The established limits shall recede: within,

Safety and prospering; new hopes begin

Because Jehovah took away our guilt.

And outside - see our boundaries expand

So that we taste the fulness of the land  -

According to the way God's love has planned. 

NOTES ON MICAH M

Micah 7: 7

Some light the night sky like a supernova

A moment, then implode with a dull crash

Mid showers of acrid dust and well-burnt ash:

But as for me, I'll look unto Jehovah.

I'll look unto the One who draws me near;

I'll look towards the love that casts out fear;

I'll look with confidence: my God will hear. 

 Indian woman meets giant?

(I'm not tall - she is tiny!)

2015 Photo

NOTES ON MICAH L

Micah 6: 9-16

Within the city, hear the voice of God

For it is wise to look unto the Name;

Acknowledging the rightness of His claim

Under His chastening, "Hear ye the rod".

Beware, because His judgment desolates

Those who have dealings in deceitful weights:

And the scant measure He abominates.

 

Saints!

(With Christ a few years now)

NOTES ON MICAH K

Micah 6: 5

That ye may know the righteousness of God

Remember Balaam's willingness to curse;

But more Jehovah's willingness to nurse

From Balaam and his works of pious fraud.

Thus in His loving-kindness God prevents

The foul effects of Moab's king's intents:

O Israel, how goodly are thy tents!

Naomi

NOTES ON MICAH J

Micah 6: 4

"I sent before thee Moses, Aaron and

Miriam" for you were those God had redeemed,

To lead you to the land of which you dreamed,

But learn God's patience through the desert's sand.

Moses expounded for you all God's ways;

Aaron sustained you in your desert days,

And Miriam led the women in God's praise.

 An old Indian friend, now with Christ.

NOTES ON MICAH I

 Chap 5: 7,8

"Dew from Jehovah ... showers upon the grass":

God's people in the midst of many realms;

Those who no other nation overwhelms,

Whose freshness to God's sight will never pass.

Jehovah's blessing, soft and fresh as dew,

Which does not wait for men, shall rest on you,

And you will pullulate in heaven's view.

NOTES ON MICAH H

Chap 5:1

Since "they shall smite the judge of Israel ...

Upon the cheek", since they will use a rod

Against God's Man, how shall they stand with God

Who loves the Man who has done all things well?

Repentantly, they will begin to crave

Their Lord, and He who graced the cross and grave

Will show them He has power and grace to save.