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Take a look at Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Below are some reflections on phrases that jumped off the page to pierce my heart.
"The arms of the wicked …"
Arms that kill and maim,
Arms that threaten and intimidate,
Arms that posture and gesture of
Power that is finite and fleeting,
Flailing in flatulent insistence
That might makes right
And volume is light …
Fault physics.
Arms, be broken at the joint …
"… shall be broken."
Broken to render powerless
That which has nor had no power to heal,
No heart to feel,
No presence in the present to be real
Beyond an atomic organization of
Bombast-icy.
Be broken, arms of mighty armies,
Terrorist cells,
Street gangs,
Multinational imitators of respectability,
Powers of darkness,
Pretenders to the throne,
Be broken.
And may those who wield them,
Find grace and mercy …
… and peace.
" The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;he is their stronghold in the time of trouble."
(Psalm 37:39 ESV)
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