Pentecost Fire
Fire from heaven
not raining-down-destruction fire
but lighting fire,
a-lighting
on soul kindling
waiting for blessing.
not raining-down-destruction fire
but lighting fire,
a-lighting
on soul kindling
waiting for blessing.
Tongues of fire!
Isaiah's hot coal,
cleansing tongues,
loosing tongues,
unleashing tongues to speak
unfathomable glories.
Isaiah's hot coal,
cleansing tongues,
loosing tongues,
unleashing tongues to speak
unfathomable glories.
Tongues of fire!
night-lighting fire,
leading lost ones,
comforting scared ones,
healing scarred ones,
warming fire.
night-lighting fire,
leading lost ones,
comforting scared ones,
healing scarred ones,
warming fire.
Tongues of fire!
burned-not-consumed fire,
Moses' bush,
shining emblem in a desert of shame.
burned-not-consumed fire,
Moses' bush,
shining emblem in a desert of shame.
Tongues of fire!
Shadrach's fire
singeing some,
shielding others,
revealing the Son of God.
Shadrach's fire
singeing some,
shielding others,
revealing the Son of God.
—written by Safiyah Fosua,
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