AN ARMY RAISED FROM DRY BONES
(Ezekiel 37)
The prophet Ezekiel went to a valley,
Where he had once seen God’s glory,
But this time he would witness,
What is known as an allegory.
The valley was full of dry bones,
From an army slain in battle.
Though hope was lost for their return,
Their bones began to rattle.
The Lord told Ezekiel what to say,
To the bones in complete disarray.
Ezekiel promised their bones would be covered,
And be restored right away.
Flesh and tendons then covered their bones,
Then God breathed His Spirit on them.
Hope returned; they were raised from their graves,
Where for years they lay limb from limb.
God was teaching a lesson
To a spiritually dead Hebrew nation.
Though spiritually lifeless and cut off from God,
There was hope for transformation.
May this story teach each one of us,
Who from sin have not survived.
Whether a person or a nation,
There is hope we can be revived.
Becky L. Wall
