You never know how God might use memorized Scripture in your life. A lot of the Scriptures I memorized have inspired me to write poetry to meditate in them more deeply. You can read a whole volume of this poetry in my little book, “Delight: Meditating in the Scriptures with Poetry.” Today, I would love to share one of the poems with you inspired by Psalm one.
Two Paths, Two Ends
by Rachel Eernisse
Blessed is the man
Who does not walk
In the wisdom of the world.
He does not stand
In sinner’s path,
His boundaries have not blurred.
He does not sit
In scoffer’s seat,
To speak the scoffer’s words.
But his delight
Is the law of God.
His joy is to meditate
Day and night
Within His laws,
Where he will find His grace.
Like a tree
That’s firmly planted
By rivers flowing wide,
He bears the fruit
Of the Spirit’s work,
And his branches always thrive.
Not so the man
Who chose to walk
In the ungodly way.
By his choice
He fell in sin
And ungodly he became.
Useless, fruitless,
Blown away,
The chaff that holds the grain.
The wicked man
Will live his life
With this same sad refrain.
When all will end,
When time is done,
When God in judgment stands,
God will bless
Just like in life,
The holy, righteous man.
But sinners cannot
Stand within
The righteous congregation
God will justly
Give to them
The proper condemnation.
What was the choice
That separates
The living trees and chaff?
One was planted
In the Word,
The other evil’s path.
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