the witness of the stones

if the stones could speak
if they could voice their secrets
telling of the cost
of the temple’s construction
what sorrow they would witness
sadness in the words
the lives lost for grandeur
for reward in this world


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November 12, 2012
Mark 13:1-2
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
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November 12, 2012 to November 18, 2012
“To See as God Sees”
by David Davies
for November 12, 2012,
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