The first
commandment
written on the stone
tablets
carried from the
mountain
by Moses of old,
for God’s people
“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, in Babylon,
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
March 13, 2015
The
First Commandment – v3
(merging
edits to version 2 and version 1)
edited
December 22, 2014
The
First Commandment – v2
November
16, 2009
The
First Commandment
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:
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