September 3rd

“For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
    but the LORD made the heavens.” Psalm 96:5

each of them, all of them—
the god of business
encouraging accumulating more,
the god of the mirrors whispering
appearance is all that matters,
the god of our devices filling us
with noise, and our souls with emptiness,
the god of achievement who mounts
diplomas on our walls
and prints letters after our names—
all of them, all of them
seek to seduce us away from the One
whose glory is found in grace,
whose strength is weakness,
whose power is humility,
whose love embraces the forgotten,
who has been, who is now, and who,
long after we find new idols
to go running after,
will be our God.

© 2025 Thom M. Shuman

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