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BLOOD
SKY—
Good Friday 2014,
Packanack Lake, New Jersey
“I will display
wonders in the sky and on the earth, blood, fire and columns of smoke. The sun
will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and
awesome day of the Lord comes.” Joel 2:30-31 NASB
The
alarm went off at 3:00 a.m., Tuesday
We
went outdoors to gaze at the sky
hoping
to get a glimpse
of
the first blood moon of the tetrad—
Passover,
2014
It
was there, but we couldn’t see it
Dense
clouds obscured our view
Blood
moon or not, this week is crimson—
I’ve
been thinking about blood in the Nile
blood
on the lintels
death
of the firstborn sons
Today
is Good Friday
I
am meditating upon the atonement
the
Cross and death of the Savior
I
bought blood oranges in Fairway, yesterday
Had
one for breakfast
Now
it’s evening—
I’m
on my way to the Good Friday service
at
the Jerusalem Center in Wayne
As
I drive down Osborne Terrace
approaching
Packanack Lake
the
sky is incredible—amazing—red as blood
fiery
red, red like I’ve never seen it before
As
the setting sun shines on the still lake
the
water mirrors the brilliant crimson firmament
and
I think of old Moses
as
he dipped his staff into the Nile river
At
the Jerusalem Center, the dancers
extol
the Lamb Who was slain, and
Jonathan
speaks of the sun setting and rising—
endings
and beginnings
and
I feel God may be telling us something, or
am
I so strongly aware of Him this holy week
that
I am seeing Him everywhere
and
in every blessed thing
Maude
Carolan Pych
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Saturday, March 21, 2015
The Atonement is in the Blood
As we draw near to Passover and Good Friday, I would like to share a poem that I wrote about an experience I had last year at this time...
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Thank you again, Maude. Your poetry is a personal blessing as part of my Easter preparation.
ReplyDeleteBarbara, I appreciate your comment. I'll never forget that amazing sunset last Good Friday. I was in my car with a friend. I kept exclaiming, "Look at the sunset! Wow! Look at the sky! Look at the lake!" Truly, I never saw anything like it before or since. I know God was in it. I had to write that poem.
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