Tag: mirage

Genesis 9:8-18; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15

 

Hidden Messiah #2

Wind-whipped, burnt sand, drying, cutting,
distant pool shimmers, glimmering;
image of man or Shepherd-King?
Wind-whipped, burnt sand, drying, cutting,
Which the mirage, of which to sing?
Cling to human or Shepherd-King?
Wind-whipped, burnt sand, drying, cutting,
distant pool shimmers, glimmering.

 

Law of Motion

Flood Warning!
Desert- Danger!

Outside forces acting upon a people at rest
who will remain at rest,
unless otherwise acted upon.

Flood! Desert!

Too much water, too little water, respectively:
too little sun, too much sun, respectively.

Warning! Lent!

I may reconsider and discern and evaluate
The Too-Muchs,
The Too-Littles.

Danger! Lent!

An outside force acting upon a people at rest
who will remain at rest,
unless otherwise acted upon.

Desert- Danger!
Flood Warning!

 

Journal Questions:

1. What images come to mind when I think of the desert? What might be the biggest threat to survival?
2. In reference to my faith, what does the term, desert experience mean? What experience might I now identify as a desert experience. When have I been caught in a flood, as it were?
3. What are the mirages in my life or in society?
4. Lent is a call to discern and evaluate our lives. Reviewing my current life with a wide lens, what might I characterize as too little and what as too much?

 

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