Come to the Mercy Seat, to hear
the Word of gracious entreaty:
Life is more than bartered goods;
more still than hedged funds
and market share.
Come to the Mercy Seat, to hear
the Word of gracious appeal:
Faith is more than philosophical posture;
more still than fondling guarantee.
Come to the Mercy Seat, to hear
the Word of gracious insistence:
Hope is more than risk aversion;
more still than fingers crossed
or fanciful dreaming.
Come to the Mercy Seat, to hear
the Word of gracious imperative:
Love is more than reciprocal affection;
more still than curried favor
or compounded interest.
Come to the Mercy Seat, to hear
the Word of gracious release:
You have been sired in Mercy
and suckled in pardon;
weaned on grace and
restored by forgiveness.
Come to the Mercy Seat, for earth
has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
©Ken Sehested @ prayerandpolitiks.org. Final phrase from the hymn “Come, Ye Disconsolate,” Thomas Moore, alt. by Thomas Hastings.