the blades of the plow

Hosea 10:9–13a "Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel, and there you have remained. Will not war again overtake the evildoers in Gibeah? When I please, I will punish them; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bonds for their double sin. Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim, Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground. Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until He comes and showers his righteousness on you. But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception."

plow, sow and reap
©2-23-11 hannah mclean

you have
sinned against Me and
there you remain
midst the harvest of
Satan
reaping evil
and ingesting the fruit
of deception
you grovel
atop unplowed ground
overgrown with
thorns and thistles
that cover what
could be

o stretch out
your fair neck
that I may
set this yoke upon it
and let us plow
together
let us break up this
fallow earth
let us uproot the seeds
of wickedness
that have been sown
hidden
and now multiply

for even as the
blades
pound upon
the thirsty ground
till stony soil
moves beneath My gentle touch
know this
when righteousness
is planted
you will reap love
and lavishly
My presence
My magnitude
and worth
will delight you
as you seek Me

grateful dust

Jeremiah 30:21b–22
Declares the Lord, “And you shall be My people, and I will be your God.”

“I am yours.”
©2-20-11 hannah mclean

it is not that You have said
“you are Mine.”
it is that You have said
“I am yours.”
oh, i marvel
that such holiness
would bend to kiss
the face of one like me
and from below
around
above and
within
proclaim Your desire to uphold
this passing breath
with that which never grows old
oh, Majestic King
You give Yourself to dust



and save what should be
swept and cast away

Your gaze shines
upon my face
i have heard You say
“I am yours.”

a morning with the Lord

for a moment i linger
@2-18-11 hannah mclean

in the paleness of the morning
You are there
Your presence surrounds me
Your Spirit fills me
as Your face shines
in dawn’s glow

never alone
with You as my companion
i sit amid the deepening hues
and bask in You

neither asking or telling
i simply linger
in what i know to be You

i feel praise and joy
emanating from my every pore
as i absorb Your radiance
honored to be called Your own
humbled by Your time
spent with me

marveling at Your worth
as the sun rises
upheld by Your mercies
for another day

in the paleness of the morning
You are there