Friday, March 2, 2018

My Psalm 149


Ps 149:5-6
 Let the faithful shout in glory while on their private couch
May the praise of God be in their mouths as a double-edged sword in their hands

Hallelujah.
I heard in heaven a new song,
and not the modern kind of new.
It wasn’t a bigger, better, and a patented original.
It was a melody intensely familiar--
evoking the scent of Easter in my childhood--
before religion was deafened
by sophisticated disappointments.
And the unfamiliar, distinct measures
re-energized my old age.

May the whole gathered church
vibrate the world to its core
with ever-new waves of heaven--
Sanctuary sounds emanating from on high
through every private prayer-room--
when we shout and sing.


There’s no more powerful weapon.
The song is a double edged sword--
The one that comes from Jesus’ mouth into ours.
Our song is the instrument he uses
to shackle the thugs of all nations
and to advance justice.

Never underestimate the social power
Of a new song from the Source.
For it is written:
Such redemptive singing is our great honor.
Hallelujah.

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