Thursday, August 15, 2019

In Secret They Were Sent - v2

Magi, astrologers, wise men.
they were the outsiders, the unclean foreigners;
but Herod needed spies to find the baby
to search out the King, to find his rival
so he could pinpoint his strike, his attack,
to cut off the prophesy, to deny God.

Herod met with the foreigners
the astrologers, the wise men
the outsiders, to be his unwitting agents;
but God had other plans
Plans for homage and for safety
for glory and for the future.

In secret they were sent
by Herod to find the Christ-child
unwitting agents, warned
to go another way,
to leave Christ in secret
to continue on home.

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edited August 15, 2019
In Secret They Were Sent – v2

edited and adding third stanza
January 6, 2008
In Secret They Were Sent
Matthew 2:1-12

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