After I wind up and throw
Sin-crumbs into the flow
Iniquities now cast away,
Reluctance sits me down
On the riverside ground
Urging “for a while, just stay.”
There’s so much to ponder
More soul-cloth to launder
Lessons the waters will teach:
I open this river tome
Whispering this wisdom poem
And continue my God to beseech.
“All rivers flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full, ” – Kohelet 1:7
“ Let justice well up like water; righteousness like an unfailing stream. ” -Amos 5:24
“Cast your sins into the depths of the sea.” -Micah 7:19
“I have wrestled and seen the face of God by the river Yabbok.” -Jacob in Genesis 32:24
“I’m gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the riverside.” – Pete Seeger
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – A. A. Milne,
“Your peace will be like a river.” – Isaiah 48:18
There’s so much to ponder
More soul-cloth to launder
Lessons the waters will teach,
When I open this river tome,
whispering this wisdom poem,
I continue my God to beseech.
