The Psalm
The Prayer
Righteous
When I joined the rest of the world
to make war with you
I sit tight
under your mighty wraith
with every beat of my heart
because my heart knew nothing else
but wickedness and deceit towards you.
What I could never foreknew
is that before the mountains were formed
and time and space were spoken into existence
from everlasting to everlasting
you have sat your affections on me
and you bended time and circumstances
and you broke into our broken world
by the way of your Son
so that he would live and die for me
so that my sins--all of my wicked sins
would be buried in that tomb
and I would be resurrected
not just in life
but true life
forevermore.
Do what you must
to keep me close to you.
I never want to be apart from you
because that is a hell
I never want to see again.
Amen.