The following was first posted on December 5, 2021:
The LORD alone causes kings to rise
He lifts them up out of the dirty street
and moiling crowds
and dusts them off
and puts a crown on their heads
and humbles their enemies
all the while watching what neither the king nor his subjects can discern
that it is but an act of play whose author is God Himself
The LORD also brings kings down
where the fire is snuffed out in the great hall
and the music stops never to play again for this king
as enemies find that breach
and rush the stage
and the scarlet curtain falls...hooks and ropes and grommets and all
as the king exits leaving his crown
slowly rolling till it rests at the feet of he who would be the new king.
where the fire is snuffed out in the great hall
and the music stops never to play again for this king
as enemies find that breach
and rush the stage
and the scarlet curtain falls...hooks and ropes and grommets and all
as the king exits leaving his crown
slowly rolling till it rests at the feet of he who would be the new king.
