Words so eloquent, so meaningful, and so powerful
They must be shared; broken down. They mean the same
But somehow lose the impact, these words of Fleming Rutledge
Reduce us to stagger just before the knockout punch
Then we will look retrospectively; understand more positively
This is not a game but life and we are accountable, because
We have been told and even greater than that – understand –
So eternity is in our hands – not because we broke the reign or
To say it better: the reign was broken for us by Him. Our
Condition was one of bondage under the reign of death.
We were never free nor was nature, but we were held under
The Power: Sin, Evil, and Death. Only an invasion by the one can
Save us and we are at risk, using finite words to describe Him –
Think finite one. The futile ways of our ancestors, repeated by us
To this day called for the interruption of this, but also for a ransom
Not of earthly valuable things like gold and precious stones, but by
His precious blood. Christ became the antiterrorist and the Lamb to
Be slaughtered. The degree of our collective violations is equivalent
To the sacrifice or ransom, He paid for us on the cross. We could
Almost be punch drunk because comprehension is so enormous
That even those closest to the living savior could not express
The truth in a way easily understood.
Stanski
April 20, 2022 ^
Steve Haarman 