TO ENTER THE GATES

Meaning in Psalm 100

Alfred D. Byrd

HAPPINESS prospers, praising our God.
Let all who live in all of the earth
Devote their lives to service of God.
Not sorrow, but joy, awaits the one
Who seeks the Temple with songs of praise
For the One, our God, Who made all things.
Let all who live acknowledge this truth:
The One has made us, and we belong,
Like sheep to shepherd, to God, our King.
The sheep must take the Shepherd as guide
And call the Temple their home in hope
Of seeing the Light upon the Throne.
To enter the gates, to see the Throne,
Should make our hearts break out in praise
In thanks to God, Who made us for love —
The love of Maker for what is made,
The love of made for Maker and King.
The Name of the One, I AM, proclaims
Our God to be good untouched by wrong.
The mercy of God can have no end;
Our God is faithful to be the Light
Both now and through all of time to come.

Faith and reason in the ancient court of Athens.

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