by Randal Matheny

Jesus entered my prison cell last night,
and every stone flashed like a ruby, bright
with dizzy glory from so close a brush
with God, and burning with a shameful blush.
With human cries, without, they could not hush,
"Hosana! Praise and glory to the King!"
The doors still closed, the walls had taken wing.

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I had deleted it. A quote that, at first glance,
said little. Then the sunburst spewed long
fingers of light, and I dug throught the trash to
redeem those fused words and ask forgiveness.

"Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last
night, and every stone flashed like a ruby."
--Samuel Rutherford

May your prison walls take wing on flights of
glory.

Randal