Crossing Palms On Purim
by Michael Doyle

This blessed day of Purim is also Palm Sunday
Offering mercy and majesty in God's own way
A reversal of fortune arises by way of definition
In how Esther was able to avoid the annihilation

Of God's people on this day of holy deliverance
That changed the path despite each seeming circumstance
When it seems most victory might go to the enemy
God's will prevails against the ways of the adversary

We learn that curses against God may be openly spoken
And the steps in our lives may seem as if broken
That when we continue to honor God as He is calling
We will be saved even as we are seemingly falling

Into the snares set by the tricks of the evil ones
The good shepherd watches over us and often runs
As He pushes ever steadily moving ahead and has not forgot
The lot that must be given and will always be sought

It is here on the first day of a reverent holy week
That even the timid dare to look and then to speak
The goodwill of God to prevail and make Satan relent
Here at the last of what has become the passing of Lent

It's here in the course of miracles that we find kept
All the traditions of finding how the Lord Jesus wept
Palms are crossed in the rejoicing of the Sukkot
But leads to the crucifixion that cannot be forgot

We learn that what is wrong can be made right
Forging the healing light in the darkest night
This, then, is the path of his kingdom's authority
That is set straight through His perfect majesty

Time is complex and often filled with frustration
But it marches on regardless of our protestations
To bring about God's intended portion for tomorrow
And bring about celebration despite seeming sorrow

If, throughout our lives, we hold onto our dedication 
We find our way toward that which causes inspiration
And throughout our living pages of human history
This leads us toward our doctrines of theology

Those lessons we live in becoming our best you and me
We find that truly God's will bring our opportunities
We crawl our way out of that which seemed like weeds
Into that which somehow meets our truest sense of needs

By so doing, we find our best is not given to long shot
But by all Godly intentions should not ever be forgot
For God in His providence bring about His good will
In all the righteousness he gives and openly reveals

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