The First Commandment – v2

The first commandment

written on the tablets

carried from the mountain

by Moses of old,

“You shall have no other gods before me”,

timeless, unending, the test of our loyalty

the faith of the people, devoted to God

In their time, in that place

far from the Temple

the city, God’s people

united as one

But there in that wilderness

before the craven idol

before the king demanding to be god;

Refusing to bow, to deny the Creator

honoring the words written so long ago;

Prepared to be burned, to submit to the furnace

entering in, faithful to God

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edited December 22, 2014

The First Commandment – v2

November 16, 2009

The First Commandment

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-commandment.html

Daniel 3:16-18

and writing challenge

“Monday Manna for November 16, 2009 – Ultimate Faith”

posted by Joanne Sher on her blog,

“An Open Book”, at:

http://joannesher.blogspot.com/2009/11/ultimate-faith-monday-manna.html

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