Reflecting on Isaiah 50
Haiku of vindication
I am called to teach,
to bring words to encourage
those who are weary
.
Every morning
God wakes me, opens my ear
to teach me his way.
I listened to God,
I did not rebel or turn
away from the Lord.
Enemies struck me;
I took their blows, accepting
cruel punishment.
They tore at my beard,
I hid not my face from them;
their spitting insults.
I am not disgraced,
I have set my face like flint;
The Lord God helps me.
God vindicates me
and God is near; no one dares
to contend with me!
Who challenges me?
Bring them on! The Lord helps me;
who finds me guilty?
Ken Rookes © 2025
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