Greetings Dear Reader,
One of my most sacred practices during Holy Week is that
from Thursday evening to Sunday morning I do not ask God for anything. He has given so much and we commemorate his
most precious gift. I still express
worship, confession, gratitude and my heart.
I simply leave our supplication for a few days.
So tonight as I take up the last of my dark vigil I express
words that are not to be heard as a request to the Father but rather a voluntary
application. I want to be all that these
words say. I wish to live, and move, and
have my being in the Son. Please Dear
Reader spare a moment to ponder all that was in the balance this night before
Sunday.
All that we have is given by this grace, this mercy, this
sacrifice. All that we hope for hovers
over the abyss whilst the tomb remains sealed and filled. From the first keening wail of Abel’s blood
in the sand to water and blood flowing from Christ’s side it has been death
that ruled. Tonight death can be
defeated if we hold on until morning.
Look to the easy for that salmon colored dawn that reminds of the
fulfilled promise.
Keep vigil with me Dear Reader…
The Vigil
– Kemper Crabb
Waiting for flame in eye of night, I am the fuel for your
fire
Light calls ever unto light. Make me a fleshen pyre.
Touch my lips with the altering coal; leave your shining
upon my soul.
Zion shall ever be my goal; Zion the telling of light.
Scanning the silence with inward ears; life is a listening.
Enfolded in echoes of timeless years; the Word comes
whistling.
Build my being from your throat; meld my meaning with every
note.
Wrap me round in an aural cloak, so I may truly hear.
Drawn towards destinies darkling kite, riven by reality
Riding the passion to terrible height, life upon death’s
tree
Cause me to drink from the chalice of fire. Forge me anew in
the heat of desire
Let me inhabit the holy empire and make war on the armies of
night.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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