REMEMBERING, BECOMING, and STRIVING

2 Peter 3

3:1-2 "remembering the prophetic words"
Torah
Nevi'im
Ketuvim
Gospels
Letters
Apocalypse

In all these the heart of God speaks
to my heart.
Will I listen?
Will I remember?

3:3-13 "in which righteousness dwells"

Centuries of usurpers,
believing God
wound it up
and went off to play.

They have made this place
alien
to God,
to his righteousness.

But God
is making a new place,
a place at home
for God himself,
for his righteousness,
for his people.

And we,
we wait,
eager and hungry.

3:14-18 "be diligent to be found"

While waiting,
strive.
Seemingly antithetical,
but not.

this waiting,
eager,
expectant,
leans forward,
looking for Kingdom come.

this striving,
trustful,
grace-filled,
sweats the happy sweat of design,
becoming spotless and blameless,
and his.

NOTE: passage quotations are my own translation.

Tag(s): "2 peter" "new testament" poetry

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