Living Psalm 1_Rev. Vahisha Hasan

The Path of Actualized Promise

1 A just God blesses those image bearers 
   who rebuke evil maneuverings
   and reject resourcing doers of destruction
   or singing in the corrupt chorus against a loving God.

2 Counter culturally, the precepts of God   
   bring them joy, 
   and they revel in God’s actualized promises 
   in times of light and in times of murkiness. 

3 These image bearers are like roots
   feeding from the nearest water source,
   plants that bear
   fruit when its fruit is needed
   and consistently sprout new growth.
Those image bearers thrive
   in all they bring forth

4 That is not the substance of those
  who have chosen evil over goodness
  because they are like holograms
  without anchoring matter/actual bodies. 

5 Evil doers will be without shield or political party
   when they come before their Creator,
   and they will have forfeited eternal spiritual community 
   just as they have forsaken the earthen community of goodness on this side of the Jordan.

6 The God of love covers everyone 
    who loves God
    But the anti-lovers follow a path
    that is already dead and leads to greater death.