Crows
The early morning sun dispels the slate sky
as a new day commences by and by.
Westward stretching shadows
lie on new-fallen snow
that fell overnight -
cold, fluffy, white.
A flock of crows fly in
this February morning
perching on a maple tree’s limb.
Don’t know if friends or if kin.
They’re clustered together,
these birds of a feather.
Perhaps for warmth
there on this berth?
To review yesterday’s activity?
To discuss a heart-heavy entreaties?
Perhaps on morning “coffee break”
as they’re not quite yet awake.
Who knows what crows talk about
as they flap and swoop about.
Soon their black wings flap
and caw-caw is heard yapped
as they take off
from their high loft.
The maple tree seems forlorn
without these yapping crows this morn.
Undecorated,
no longer adorned,
the maple tree casts its shadow
on the cold, fluffy, white snow.
For a moment in time this cold day in February
this forlorn, unadorned skeleton of a maple tree
was appreciated as a stopover, thankfully,
this winter day by this flock of crows who entertained me.
Then with a swoop from their black wings
journeyed off, caw-cawing in the wind.
* * * * *
I wonder what I’ll write about today
as I listen to crows cawing away?
I would imagine there’s roadkill somewhere
designed to be someone’s dinner fare.
Re-purposed, it’s become,
nourishment for someone’s tum.
Though this subject is quite offensive,
there’s a lot in life much more offensive.
Depravity runs rampant.
Rather those who are insolent,
or seemingly quite arrogant,
or mostly disobedient.
Every thought runs amok
rather given to gossip,
as they murder with their tongue, too,
which is what slanderers do.
They serve satan, the devil,
as they practice what’s evil,
wicked, and immoral.
Do they know it’s sinful?
“Me, me, me” is their creed
as they live a live of greed,
not caring for others
but using others.
Openly hating God
because their heart is hard.
Not concerned that there is a hell
for currently their life is hell.
Jesus Christ the Lord came to save all, yes ALL, people;
even those who seem to be the least deserving of peoples.
Jesus does not discriminate
His heart is most compassionate.
He came to seek and to save those who are lost
and gave His all, as it was His life it cost.
Why? It was an atonement, a sacrifice -
in order to forgive our sins, that’s right.
But fortunately that’s not the end of the story.
Jesus is not dead as we learn through history.
God’s Word, the Bible is God’s (His)story,
though some consider it a mystery.
The Bible shows us man’s depraved condition
then tells us how to seek restitution
by simply believing Jesus died to save us from our sins
and will reside in us to create a new life within.
Believe that Jesus is God’s Son
who came as a payment, a ransom,
a substitute for all of our sins,
for the wickedness that dwells within.
Start living your life anew
with a heart that is renewed
with God’s abiding love and compassion
for you know your sins have been forgiven.
...depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.
They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.
They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful;
they invent ways of doing evil, they disobey their parents;
they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
Although they know God’s righteous decrees
that those who do such things deserve death,
they not only continue to do these very things
but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 1:23-32
Or do you show contempt for
the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience,
not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?
Romans 2:4
The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
Luke 19:10
Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.
Acts 16:31
The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
James 5:11
but photo does show its plumage.
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