SUMMER
(Isaiah 43:1-7)
Christmas, New Year’s Eve,
barbecues and so much sport:
this is our summer:
Roaring, raging fires,
cyclones, rising floodwaters:
this is our summer.
Livelihoods laid waste;
houses, shops, crops, flocks and herds:
this is our summer.
Yet God is with us
in those bringing aid and care:
this is our summer.
Jeff Shrowder, 2024
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