Joel 2:12-18; 2 Col 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
Hidden Messiah #1
Rend your hearts, let spirit be stirred.
Let the Lord break open your soul.
Like the sealed scroll of Sacred Word,
Rend your hearts, let spirit be stirred.
Light will shine on hearts once interred:
Hidden Messiah, here below–
Rend your hearts, let spirit be stirred.
Let the Lord break open your soul.
Word Study
Rend so ye may render
Rend your hearts, not your garments…
to rend:
to split, cleave,
to rip up, tear open
to break into, break through, break up
Rend so ye may render!
to render:
to give up or back
to give in return for
to furnish, provide, supply
and return to the LORD, your God.
Journal Questions:
- Both poems play with the words rend and render.
- What experiences have I had which I characterize as a rending?
- What experiences seem to have been a rendering?
- How have these experiences effected my relationship with God?
- How will I respond this year to the invitation to rend my heart?
- What influence does scripture have on my heart, soul and mind?
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