Pining In Kadesh

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I WAS BORN IN THE WILDERNESS 
IN A TENT OF BITTERNESS 
ON A RUG OF NEW SHEEPSKIN 
A DRY WIND BLEW 

WE TRIED TO RALLY THE 
UNSEEN HAND OF GOD 
IT WOULDN'T SAVE 
IN A RAGE, THE ARMY BEGAN 
ATTACKING IN ROGUE WAVES 
BUT ALL OUR POWER 
IT DRIED UP IN PRIDE 
OUR ENEMIES DROWN US IN BLOOD 
WE STASH JOY IN THE SAND 

IN SCABROUS, MUDDY HUTS 
WE LANGUISHED BY THE NILE 
TOO MANY OF US FELT 
THE GREEDY CRACK OF A WHIP 
ROWS OF GRAVES 
WARN OF HIDDEN PLAGUES 

A GOLD OX WEARING 
A SUNDISK OVER ITS HORNS 
CONVINCED AARON TO 
REACH FOR A GOLDEN PROBLEM 
HE SHOULD'VE BROUGHT 
HIS WORRIES TO MOSES 

FASTS SHAME STRENGTH 
EVEN MEN PASS OUT 
CHILDREN OFTEN CRY 
 RENT BY WORMS 
 TO HUNGER IS THE 
KNIFE THAT CUTS WITH 
A THOROUGH CRUELTY 

NO FATHERS TO FEAST IN CANAAN 
YEARS WANDERING GAINS 
NONE OF GOD'S GRAIN 
A TIRED SOUL WAITS 
TO STAND BEYOND 
FOR SHEOL NEARS 
FAITHLESS, BITTER MEN 
HEWN OF A ROTTEN TREE 
ISN'T JAH'S AMEN RETURN 

WE BURN IN A DESERT 
OF SANDY FIRE 
OLD GASHES OPEN 
FROM LION CLAWS 
THE NIGHT NAMING US 
SCORPION FEARS 
GOD'S THUNDERING 
AND A CRASH 
HE'D STOP IF THE 
ASSEMBLY RETURNED 
DOES HE SEND RAIN 
TO A DAMNED PEOPLE? 

AT THE FIRES OF SINAI WAS HEAT 
PRIEST DREAMS ENTER DAN'S TENTS 
AS A CHORUS REMAKES HEARTS 
HE REQUIRES HIM 
AND YOU, UNMASKED 
WE'RE MADE NEW 
EVEN AS HE IS THE SAME 

A TRUE TEST OF 
THE BANQUET INVITATION 
IS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE 
CAN WE FORGIVE BY 
THINKING GOD UNKIND? 
JUBILEE IS TOTAL, BUT 
THAT MUST PROVIDE INHERITANCE 
BEFORE IT'S RETURNED 

ONE DAY, I'LL FEEL A QUIET BREEZE 
NEXT TO AZURE WATERS OF A GREAT SEA 
POMEGRANATE DRIBBLES DOWN MY CHIN 
WE GAZE AT THE HORIZON IN AWE 
DUSKY CLOUDS PASS OVER A CARMINE SUNSET 
A DISTANT ROAR SIGNALS 
A YOUNG LION'S APPROACH 
THE WIND BLOWS LEAVES 
OFF A NEARBY BRANCH 
WE REMINISCE 
A LAUGH SHAKES THE EVENING 
A MOUSE SCURRIES PAST OUR FEET 

STARS LACE THE NIGHT 
IN MIGHTY STRANDS OF LIGHT 
THEIR GLORY HAS PATHS 
BUT STRUGGLE IS OUR MAP 
A BOARD AND TENON TABERNACLE 
SHIELDS US FROM A DEADLY FOE 
BRONZE FOR ADDER BITES 
BLOOD IN HYSSOP TO REDEEM 
THEY ALL POINT TO UNSEEN PROTECTION 
BUT I WANT TO SEE MORE 

WHY DOES MAN ENDURE THIS LIFE? 
THE HOPE OF A FUTURE 
IN BESTOWED GLORY 
OUR PRESENT ACHE ASSURES US 
THERE HAS TO BE MORE 
WE YEARN AS WE TOIL 
WHILE WE WAIT FOR YAHWEH 
TO COME FORTH 
HE WILL ACQUIT US OF SIN 
BY HIS OWN ATONEMENT 
WE WILL THANK HIM 
IN HUMBLE GRATITUDE 
AS WE GATHER OTHERS TO 
CELEBRATE AT THE HARVEST 



Total Letters: 1855 Put Letters Into 35x53 Matrix (275 Highlighted Letters) 

Subtext: (17) FINALLY, THE SEVENTH ANGEL POURED HIS BOWL INTO THE AIR AND A LOUD VOICE CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE FROM THE THRONE, SAYING: "IT IS DONE!" (18) THEN THERE WERE FLASHES OF LIGHTNING, ROARING, AND CRASHES OF THUNDER, AND THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS EARTHQUAKE - AN EARTHQUAKE UNEQUALED SINCE HUMANITY HAS BEEN ON THE EARTH, SO TREMENDOUS WAS THAT EARTHQUAKE. (Revelation 16:17-18 NET) 

Image: Ancient Chinese Seismograph








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