High Street Trade by Rev’d Past Collings
A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.
Isaiah 35:8 Holman Bible
The city street where traders meet
Has through the decades stood complete.
As through long ages, bartered, sold
Their goods on tables there unfold.
Each merchant’s store. through custom, trade
Has fed and watered, clothed, displayed
To meet the people’s daily need
With merchandise, their sales proceed.
Today, through lockdown, the High Street
Sees closures, changes, stores retreat
With loss of jobs, of income, wage,
With little hope to turn the page.
And so I ask midst these hard times
Your Spirit, Lord, within us chime,
That one in hope we share the load
As your promised word unfolds.
Help us your providence to share
In ways that demonstrate your care
To lift above this dreariness
Each heart into your sweet stillness.
Worshipping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden ones, and choosing the Lord as the centre, as the highway of our lives. Pope Francis
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