Jacob was injured wrestling with God
an all night contest he couldn't win
chosen by the most Holy
an eponymous nation to begin
The struggle is edifying
the people wayward
sin is the normal deflection
the people will slide toward
Founding land somewhere
humans wandering through
a temporal hasteland
homesites are a hopeful clue
Where the kingdom of God is
more than fertile land
home is where the heart is
with God not possessions of man
Hosea showed what's wrong
he married a whore
Israel became worldly
everything an open door
Israel became a faith with a new covenant accord
peace became bonded in the crucifixion and the Lord
wickedness and evil forever overcome
a place for faith in God not a sword
Israel forever symbolizes all of us
a people of faith
with the Redeemer
in whom we trust.
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