Striking the Rock—Ovi Poetry Challenge

Though bold explosions kill and shock
like magic blowing tick from tock,
a miracle won’t strike the rock,
but speak His words to it.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “chaos” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

Numbers 20:8-12 KJV
8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Ezekiel 36:26 … I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
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I enjoy walking, poetry and short prose as well as taking pictures with my phone.

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