I'll Be Your Mirror

Do not merely listen to the word,
and so deceive yourselves.
Do what it says.
Anyone who listens to the word
but does not do what it says
is like someone
who looks at his face in a mirror
and, after looking at himself,
goes away
and immediately forgets what he looks like.
~ James 1

She Comes In Colors

Now Israel loved Joseph
more than all his children,
because he was the son
of his old age:
and he made him a coat
of many colours.
~ Genesis 37

The Fairest of Seasons

He made the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows when to go down.
~ Psalm 104

You will come to the grave in full vigor,
like sheaves gathered in season.
~ Job 5

He changes times and seasons;
he deposes kings
and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.
~ Daniel 2

JEWISH

Yet having learned
who Mordecai’s people were,
he scorned the idea
of killing only Mordecai.
Instead Haman looked for a way
to destroy all Mordecai’s people, the Jews,
throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.
~ Esther 3

Fairie Timepiece

It says:

It is exactly eleventy tooty tooth
past moldering stumpus von clock.

You're late.

For a long time I have kept silent,
I have been quiet and held myself back.
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
I cry out, I gasp and pant.
~ Isaiah 42

You say,
“I choose the appointed time;
it is I who judge with equity."
~ Psalm 75

You
who live by many waters
and are rich in treasures,
your end has come,
the time for you
to be destroyed.
~ Jeremiah 51

It is time for you to act, LORD;
your law is being broken.
~ Psalm 119

The time has come!
The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer rejoice
nor the seller grieve,
for my wrath
is on the whole crowd.
~ Ezekiel 7

Bonnie & Clyde

Then Bathsheba bowed down
with her face to the ground,
prostrating herself
before the king,
and said,
“May my lord
King David
live forever!”
~ 1 Kings 1

Janitor Of Lunacy

The LORD will afflict you
with madness,
blindness
and confusion of mind.
~ Deuteronomy 28

Beautiful Mistake

Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;
honor him, for he is your lord.
~ Psalm 45

A Shadow In The Light Of Day

We were born only yesterday
and know nothing,
and our days on earth
are but a shadow.
~ Job 8