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Wellsprings of Rest
Poetry
Featured Poem
by Jacob Dunbar
"But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant." (Matthew 23:8-11)
Seven-headed atrocity
Hierarchal authority
Rejection of Lordship
Usurpation of headship
Achievement of position
Muster up ambition
Building up my name
For glory and for fame
Come under my covering
Hand over every offering
Submit to my rule
Even when I’m cruel
Call me father call me teacher
Look to me I am your preacher
Blind obedience
Hideous deviance
Rule over one another
Have to have that cover
Someone to submit
To the counterfeit
Thrive on guilt and shame
Playing every game
Control, manipulation
Don’t break the stipulations
Culture of dogmatism
Kept in line by despotism
Take away security
Exploit all immaturity
Hold on to the traditional
Unconditionally conditional
Guise this as our family
No questions please, That’s blasphemy!
Turned into a drone
Make another clone
Come into our clique
Growing brick by brick
Patriarchal colony
Gender inequality
Women less than men
Think differently you sin
Husbands over wives
Marriages struggling to survive
Two-headed monster
Intermediary imposter
Not what was intended
When He descended and ascended
Sent His Spirit back to lead
Into all truth He decreed
One body with one head
Jesus risen from the dead
Not to be served but to care
For the broken and the bare
Left His seat far above
Fully demonstrating love
Picture of humility
Laid down His nobility
Not leading by control
But by wooing every soul
Lifts up on wings like eagles
Servant of all people
Laid Himself upon the altar
Reconciles to The Father
Come boldly to His throne
Fully reap what He has sown
Radiance of His goodness
Gives all who call eternal sureness
Submerged fully in His zeal
Not the shadow but the real
One flock with one Shepherd
All the captives are unfettered
Perfect love expels all fear
Confidently now draw near
No longer any condemnation
He revealed the great salvation
Image of the invisible
Absolutely unconditional
He freely gives affection
Not by natural selection
His love is egalitarian
And all are one in Him
Each person is unique
Created with mystique
One and true Father
gives all people equal honor
Mountains low valleys high
The Kingdom draws nigh
One Lord and One King
Restoring everything
No longer male or female
In the Kingdom equal scale
Over, through, and in all
He demolished every wall
The first and the last
His enduring love is steadfast
The beginning and the end
Seeking not servants but friends
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