Cast Out Into The Wilderness Poem by Terence George Craddock

I tell you a truth a universal truth this day
many people were cast out from the church
the church of the hypocritical ones
the church of the hypocritical ones cast out people
cast out in hate cast out in intolerance cast out in spite
cast out in injustice cast out in jealousy cast out in spite
cast out in power struggles cast out in corruption cast out in spite

some paid lip service to Jesus harboured hate in hearts
some paid lip service to Jesus harboured lies in hearts
some paid lip service to Jesus harboured dishonesty in hearts
some paid lip service to Jesus harboured lies envy hearts
in the wilderness are found some people with beautiful souls
living in the wilderness like John the Baptist preaching Messiah
living in the wilderness like John the Baptist believing a living God
living in the wilderness God for a time keeps prophets apart

God kept Moses in the wilderness for forty long years
God kept Moses in the wilderness for forty long years shepherding a flock
tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law the priest of Midian
God kept Moses in the wilderness forty long years shepherding sheep
Moses led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb
Horeb Sinai the mountain of God in the wilderness
in the wilderness the angel of the LORD appeared to Moses
in a blazing fire from within a bush Moses saw the bush ablaze

with fire but it was not consumed God has prophets in wilderness
in God's time God will call prophets forth from the wilderness
in the wilderness exists a church of the believing who will receive
Horeb the mountain of the Ten Commandments
Horeb the mountain where the Ten Commandments
in past time were given to Moses by Yahweh his creator God

God has a people apart God prepares a people apart
God prepares prophets to tend sheep in wilderness
God time tests prophets in wilderness in hardships
God tests prophets in a diversity of desert trials
even Jesus was tested for forty days in the wilderness
the wilderness trials tests in hardship endurance in grit


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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