Celebrating the Excellencies of His Name - Jealous, by Elizabeth DeBarros--

Cast but a Glance, a poem by Elizabeth DeBarros

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Cast but a glance, not your pearls.

♦

How do I rend my heart

When I’ve only ever given garments?

—Far lesser things I might have afforded

If ‘twere not for chastening Divine.

♦

Mourning dove,

covered in ash;

thy bruisings go deep.

♦

O, Steady Hand, go before me,

Severe Mercy, perform your alien work.

When

 Despair set low her bolts and bars

She blinded my eyes, thrust me asunder.

My spirit flagged, the flesh gave out.

By taking strength from other gods,

—‘twas Thee I had refused.

Now

I am caught; shorn,

listless from the winds and damp.

These markings — where did they come from?

Look away!

“It’s too hard, I must deserve this.”

But ev’n tears are cleansed of boasting

in Thy Presence.

♦

Canst thou hear Me singing?

Peer through the lock,

Thy vigorous captors are no more.

Arise,

Heaven’s flames extinguished, Fury’s quenched at last!

Lift up thine eyes; look about—

 ‘It is finished’

See!

—Cerulean skies; the temps are fair.

Thus

As My love, so My scars,

I AM

and ever shall be

Jealous

That My dwelling be found in thee.

Elizabeth DeBarros © 2011

For further meditation

 Joel 2:13; Isaiah 38:14; Zephaniah 3:17; Isaiah 60:1; Isaiah 53:10-12

 Isaiah 63:4-6; John 19:30; Revelation 1:5; Exodus 34:14; Exodus 15:13; Ezekiel 37:27

About the Author: Between homeschooling and homemaking, Elizabeth DeBarros finds time to study theology, laugh with friends, and share the love of God to as many she meets. At Finding the Motherlode she writes to honor God by sharing her observations, meditations, and on rare occasion, her poetry. She resides in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains in Northern Virginia with her beloved husband, two sons, and their new kitten.


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