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Law of Love
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What does
God want of us?
Through the prophets,
We are told
To walk humbly
With an arch concern for
Justice,
More generally
To repent
And turn toward God,
The people
And the nation
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Through Moses
We are given
Laws from God
On Sinai,
Starting with
The ten laws that
We know,
Most of which
Tell us what not
To do
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God speaks
Through angels
And sometimes
Maybe
God speaks through us
In smaller ways,
Perhaps
One to another
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The measure,
The pendulum
That swings with ease
When set with
Accord
Should be love
That might be difficult
And hard
And sacrificial
But moves with equanimity
Respecting all
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Sometimes in silence
Bearing nonetheless
The message
Of the prophets
Of the angels
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All enact
The law of love
(James would say
the law
of freedom)
And thus
Are closing in
On what God wants
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C L Couch
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12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2 (Christian New Testament, New International Version)
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The Old Bell
Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash
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clcouch123 
July 8, 2021 at 2:17 pm
Well, you do know the left is coming after religion. They are burning churches in Canada. And it’s going to happen here, too. We worship the state now and/or our elite rulers. Our rights no longer come from God or even from being born as an individual. It’s ineffably sad to see.