“Kinda Messy But The Job's Done” (Ps.127) [Spanish Jerusalem Bible Series - Psalms sub-series]
A Home-Ec major showed me how to cook
In ways avoiding a wrap-up’s bombshell look –
“Just tidy up as you move on your way;
Don’t let it sit until guests go away”.And then there’s job-site when I renos do –
For weeks and months it has the war-zone view.
Job sites are messy ’till the job’s all done;
At least that’s how my renovations run.Here in this Psalm of God’s returning folks –
They’d come back, singing, laughing, full of jokes;
But they’d departed in a tearful state
That God, through them, could renovations make.I love the Spanish term that’s used in this –
recoge (harvest), but that meaning’s mixed –
With echoes of, “Hey, let’s clean job-site up;
A job so big the exiles found it tough.So laughter, joy, and songs at coming home
After disaster, when away they’d roamed
From straight and narrow, got bent out of shape –
Now restoration’s done, the mess awaits.For us, as we soon face the cleanup task
After pandemic, Lord, of You, we ask –
Make what we build leave lesser life behind;
Open our eyes to where we’ve been so blind.We have gone out with tears for those who’ve died;
For others, tensions gave a merry ride –
Riots; injustice; system-weakness seen;
Veneer stripped off a life that was quite mean.Thanks for this chance to move along from here,
Picking up pieces, with our way made clear;
Don’t let despair bring reno-work to end;
Rather, may we Your vision comprehend.Thanks for this, Lord.
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