A new covenant

Haiku of recommencement

Broken covenants;

a sad record of failure

and good intentions.

Not much success here:

promises of blessing, but

failed obligations.

Trust and faithfulness,

obedience to the law,

are what God expects

Just as a husband

cares for his wife, so the Lord

cares for God’s people.

A new covenant

is needed, the other ones

haven’t worked at all.

A new covenant

with Israel and Judah;

this time it will work!

I will put my law

within them; they’ll know, ‘twill be

written in their hearts.

They’ll be my people,

all of them, they will know me.

They won’t need teaching.

I will be their God,

forgiving iniquity,

forgetting their sin.

© Ken Rookes 2024