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\n\nOriginally published on joshuapsteele.com
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\n\nOriginally published on joshuapsteele.com
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\n\nOriginally published on joshuapsteele.com
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\n\nOriginally published on joshuapsteele.com
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\n\nOriginally published on joshuapsteele.com
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\n\nOriginally published on joshuapsteele.com
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\n\nOriginally published on joshuapsteele.com
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\n\nOriginally published on joshuapsteele.com
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\nTo His young and brown-skinned parents, who lived life in poverty.
\nAs He died to make us holy, let us die, then, to our greed!
\nThe Lord is marching on!
@joshuapsteele.com He has lifted up the lowly, cast the mighty from their seat.
\nHe is filling up the hungry at His table, set to eat.
\nWhile the rich he sends out–empty! Strikes the proud in their conceit!
\nThe Lord is marching on!
@joshuapsteele.com Oh, to read that shocking gospel, writ on broken chains of steel: “As you deal with those in bondage, so with you My grace shall deal.
\nI will judge you by the plight of those you’ve crushed beneath your heel!”
\nThe Lord is marching on!
@joshuapsteele.com I have seen Him in the eyes of migrants in a holding cell.
\nI have heard Him in the songs of slaves whose joy could not be quelled.
\nThough His throne is found in heaven, He has walked with them through Hell!
\nThe Lord is marching on!
@joshuapsteele.com Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.
\nHe is trampling down the mansions where the wealth of men is stored.
\nHe has heard each cry of widow, orphan, refugee–ignored!
\nThe Lord is marching on!
@josiahhawthorne.bsky.social Ope I’m stressed just reading this. Best of luck!
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