The deer crashes through the thicket
Made desperate by the gun.
The lion chases the goat who in
Terror is made to run.
The mother of the child is frightened
She fears and hates the snake.
The whole forest dreads the bear
And the havoc he can make.
But a new voice comes in love and great power
And announces the arrival of the long awaited hour.
“They shall not hurt nor destroy in all
My holy mountain; for the earth
Shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the the waters cover the sea”
There is a miracle in that voice,
The lion and bear take note,
Of deeply buried understandings
That no longer are remote.
No man or beast dares rebel
Against the speaker that is God
Who speaks with an authority
That is either feared or awed.
Then, a world against itself,
Did not know God’s way.
Now a world is ordered
Because they heard God say:
‘They shall not hurt or destroy
In all my holy mountain; for the earth
Shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.”
– GMC –
Written May 24th, 2006
George Caywood 