I am rational yet I too am destructive.
Despite defects, Christ deigned to lead me to worship right
In His church. It hasn’t always been constructive;
In spite of ourselves, in church, we have grown by the Light
Of the World. Hell has not prevailed; derivative
Factions have come in and out of being by the night,
Ineffectual against the Dove’s lofty flight,
Good reform work begins in my own heart, decisive.
The prophets, Peter and Paul recall, point to a time when
The Lord is foreshadowed, followed by judges and kings;
Forty then four hundred fifty years before fruition
Of David, whose descendant is Jesus, with Whom salvation begins.
To save you from your sins. since Christ: His sole mission,
His history, His purpose - is to free you from your sins.
Gary Edward Geraci