How Could the Lord for Our Sake Part the Sea

April 8, 2020

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Passover, which begins on the evening of April 8^th, and Easter, which is celebrated on April 12^th .

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A Passover poem about the meaning of being a chosen people:

How could the Lord for our sake part the sea

And choose full well a folk that evil knew?

Passion, greed, and cruelty each Jew

Possessed with Egypt's children equally.

Yet those the Lord anointed as His own,

Passing over them on vengeance bent,

After many centuries to repent,

Still have, like other humans, hearts of stone.

So must we understand the Lord's high will

On us to place a burden, not a crown.

Vivid though His love, we lay it down

Even as we think we bear it still,

Righteous in our hearts, yet doing ill.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Passover and Easter

4/6: Praised Be Those Who Value Their Traditions

4/7: Perhaps There Is a Purpose to All Things

4/8: How Could the Lord for Our Sake Part the Sea