Buffet Boot Camp
No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs…
-2 Timothy 2:4
Full bellies—“Bread and circus”—while the battle rages
and souls are dying.
An all-you-can-eat, buffet boot camp:
“Eat ‘til you’re full” –and then some.
Where are those beating, buffeting their bodies
to make them serve the King...?
Outright war breeds
either fear and flight, or
awakening to action, training to fight
Scattered congregant yawns
lazily
wind
their
way
around a dormant parish.
Fidget.
“Quarter ‘til.”
Tick...tock…
The preacher’s words, and a circling bottlefly—
Hardly a contest for a child’s—and parents’—attention.
“Will it land? Where?—place your bets.”
“Amen.”
“Oh—he’s done.
Time for lunch.”
Ouch! Did you write this?
ReplyDeleteYes--written first as a reflection on my own habits, as a challenge to self (and then to others)
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