Sunday, July 23, 2017

Bryce Harper In A Chariot Of Fire #TonyandBryce


* Spirit Of Jesus pray for me
* Elijah, Elisha, Holy Church pray for me
*  Dedicated to #TonyandBryce  #BryceisElijah

+------Bryce Harper In A Chariot Of Fire

Bryce, your baseball acumen a
cachet most revered: outfield
play selfless, moving to your
teammates…a widow’s son
miraculously raised from death;
Your home runs fire, heaven’s-skies
-invoked, reducing visitor's pitchers
to enemy soldiers of Ahazaiah
turned char and ash, loss-smoke.
Your hair august, the magic of ravens
providing meat of wonder to DC fans.
Your RBI’s like manifold jars of
oil multiplying forever. And now, the
MLB playoffs a whirlwind
before you spiraling wildly with
opportunity, the World Series a
chariot awaiting, circumscribed
by flames, horses with red eyes
on two legs neighing otherworldly.
I’m Elisha on the other side of
the Jordan, watching steadfastly.
When you win MVP, please…leave
me a double portion of your spirit.

------2 Kings 2:1-14
When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.”
But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.” Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho. The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.” Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them walked on. Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan. Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground. When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied. “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise, it will not.” As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two. Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

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