My Kadesh

 One of our largest obstacles, barrier, threat

Looms above us like a cloud 

Second to salvation, our imagination 

Screens reality like a shroud 

Don’t decide to die in desert, Be bold like Caleb

Silenced crowd around him, spoke in power

Knew of danger, giants a risk

Appointed for this hour 

God appoints us in our times 

We’re weak, sometimes, in flesh

God, in grace, makes clear to us 

This may be my Kadesh 

Your Kadesh takes different forms 

Mine sprang from sickness

A stroke meant I could live or die 

I now don’t question quickness 

Life is fragile, life is sweet 

We get to live here free

Our Kadesh is in our flesh 

Trust in God and see.

Numbers 13:27-30

They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.

The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan. ”

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”