Isaiah Spring
Isaiah Spring by Sarah Clarkson
Several years ago (in 2019), Sarah Clarkson found herself driving between Nashville and Kentucky for an intensive Bible Study on Isaiah. The Spring of the year brought images of the ancient prophet foremost in her thoughts. Consider her poem below. What similarities do you know between the poem and the book of Isaiah? What differences? Could you write your own Isaiah Spring or Summer poem?
Isaiah Spring
Branch etched air,
Bears blue,
Like smoke before an altar,
And the birds,
Awhir with laughter cry out,
Holy, holy, holy.
Snow carved boughs
Grow gold,
Like coins of countless treasure,
And the fields
New-filled with lilies claim as,
Lord, the God of Hosts.
Wind hewn hills,
Spill green,
In torrents through the valley,
And the woods,
Aflood in leaf buds say,
The earth is full, full, full.
First spring dawn,
Runs red,
Like blood through brightened faces
Sears the sky,
With crimson traces
Of His glory, glory, glory.
Source: https://sarahclarkson.com/thoroughly-alive/2019/4/3/civjqw3zr698r0v1o708us52tk1epk
Grace Discipleship: Prayer for our church leaders
Lord, I pray that You would strengthen the leaders of Grace Church. You are the God of all power and might, and You give strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak (Isaiah 40:29). Help them to rely on Your grace and not on their own abilities or resources. Help them to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might (Ephesians 6:10). Help them to endure hardship as good soldiers of Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 2:3). Help them to be faithful to the end and to finish the race with joy (Acts 20:24). Amen.
Isaiah Spring
Branch etched air,
Bears blue,
Like smoke before an altar,
And the birds,
Awhir with laughter cry out,
Holy, holy, holy.
Snow carved boughs
Grow gold,
Like coins of countless treasure,
And the fields
New-filled with lilies claim as,
Lord, the God of Hosts.
Wind hewn hills,
Spill green,
In torrents through the valley,
And the woods,
Aflood in leaf buds say,
The earth is full, full, full.
First spring dawn,
Runs red,
Like blood through brightened faces
Sears the sky,
With crimson traces
Of His glory, glory, glory.
Source: https://sarahclarkson.com/thoroughly-alive/2019/4/3/civjqw3zr698r0v1o708us52tk1epk
Grace Discipleship: Prayer for our church leaders
Lord, I pray that You would strengthen the leaders of Grace Church. You are the God of all power and might, and You give strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak (Isaiah 40:29). Help them to rely on Your grace and not on their own abilities or resources. Help them to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might (Ephesians 6:10). Help them to endure hardship as good soldiers of Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 2:3). Help them to be faithful to the end and to finish the race with joy (Acts 20:24). Amen.
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