#AtoZChallenge: Letter V

How do I know God is real? I've seen miracles that can only be attributed to Him. Nothing like what Ezekiel experienced when dry human bones in a valley were brought to life, but close!

Valley of Dry Bones
Ezekiel 37:1-14
 
Ezekiel was transported
By the Spirit of the Lord
To a valley filled with bones
That he and God explored.
 
The bones were dry and scattered
With no life that could be found.
God asked his priest-turned-prophet,
“Can these bones rise from the ground?”
 
“You alone can answer, Lord,”
Was Ezekiel’s quick reply.
Then God said, “Speak this message,
“Dry Bones, get up and rise!’”
 
And then a noisy rattle
Echoed up from valley depths
As bone attached to bone,
And muscles formed with flesh.
 
Then God asked of his prophet,
“Speak out to Earth’s four winds:
Breathe life into these bones
So they may live again.”
 
So Ezekiel spoke the message,
And breath filled up those bones,
And an army of new men
Arose like Israel’s clones.
 
They said to one another,
“We’ve become so dry and old.
All hope is gone; our nation’s dead,
Our very life’s grown cold.”
 
Then God told his great prophet,
“Tell the people what I’ll do.
I’ll open graves of exile
And make everything brand new.”
 
“And when Israel is restored,
My people will proclaim:
‘This was from the Lord!
Our nation’s been reclaimed!’”


From . . . And a Poem, Too by Kathy Mansfield

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