Haiku for a calling
Fugitive Moses
finds himself in Midian;
marries, settles down.
Tending Jethro’s sheep
in the wilderness, comes to
Horeb, God’s mountain.
An angel from God
appears in a firey bush.
The bush is unburned.
Moses stops to look.
Well who wouldn’t? Quite a sight;
what is going on?
The Lord speaks to him.
Moses, take off your sandals;
this is holy ground.
It is I, the God
of your fathers: Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob.
I have heard the cries
of my people in Egypt;
I know their anguish.
I am sending you.
You will deliver them, take
them to a new land.
Must be a mistake,
God; you surely can’t mean me!
I will be with you.
When you bring them out
of Egypt you will worship
here, on this mountain.
What shall I tell them
when they ask, What is God’s name?
I am who I am.
Go to your people,
those Israelites in bondage;
say, I AM sent me!
© Ken Rookes 2023