Cherished but Lost in God's Love

Cherished but Lost in God’s Love
(A little trip from Moses to Jerusalem’s Fall)

Pure of birth, bone of his
Nibbling sweetness, word of hisss.
Purity lost by sleight of hand
Now forever to sweat the land.

Slaves of Pharaoh, mortar and brick.
Children born to drown quick.
Son of a Levite, found among the reed.
Cherished leader of Israel’s seed.

Branches of fire along the board.
“Lead to Sinai” said the Lord.
 Branch for leaning becomes the snake.
Living enemy now one to thank.

Miracles come in two and three.
Hand diseased returned to thee.
Made from Nile of water pure
Hinder dirt to blood, free with fear.

Firstborn in God’s wrath dead,
Partial to doors bloodied red.
First new month--now Passover
People freed to land of clover.

Cloud by day, fire by night.
Seas parted with his might.
Clogged wheels, sons of Egypt
Suddenly drowned, lives short-clipped.

Words of God, a fiery Decalogue
Engraved within the clouded fog.
Wasted faith to calf of gold,
To the desert, a forty year hold.

Raw feet travel the sand,
Banished from the Promised Land.
Reap with eyes, where you’ll not live
Beyond your grave the land I give.

Son of Nun orders two spies to go
Whore of Jericho risk friend for foe.
Stand amid the running Jordan,
Whisk the Ark through waters open.

Great stone walls tower to hinder
Surround d and trumpet fall to cinder.
Gold, silver, bronze in measure,
Save it all, ‘tis the LORD’s treasure.

Laws are reiterated and again sworn
For Nun’s son’s bones the earth is torn.
Led by Judges, while forgetting the Word
Forty years Philistine’s slaves said the Lord/

Barron woman delivers a warrior, long of hair.
Strength is no match for a traitor’s lair.
Bold in the end even without his sight,
Samson tips the towers from their height.

Lyrical sleepers dances by ear,
Deviled spirits stampede with fear.
Lunge a stone, accurate on mark
Down he fell as axe to bark.

Battled Saul perishes self-sword thrust.
Heir Davis now rules Israel’s dust.
Married another man’s wife
Hapless child gets only a seven day life.

Wise-not Solomon to false idols kneels,
Faith in God he does not feel.
Wives worship statues in his home.
Fault line severs Israel’s loam.

Division expands under multiple kings.
Faith is lost, no temple bell rings.
Defile holiness with innocent blood
Fire consumed house instead of flood.

Armies march around the walls,
Crumbled to dust, Jerusalem falls.
Angel’s bitter tears fell from above,
For the Cherished but lost in God’s love.