promise

^“ I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.”  Jeremiah 32:41

while we hope (no,

ache) for your judgment

to rain down upon others,

you are sending rescuers

to flood victims, bringing

healing to the broken,

gathering the lonely into

communities of hope, all

those things you promise

to do, despite our getting

in the way

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman