God’s Delight

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jul 3, 2023 · 5m

READ: PSALM 42; ZEPHANIAH 3:17; HEBREWS 12:2; REVELATION 19:6-9 My twelfth-grade English teacher taught me to love Haiku, a form of poetry that originated in Japan. These short, three-line poems are traditionally drawn from nature, and they’re only seventeen syllables long. He described Haiku as transforming a visual image into a “word snapshot.” For example, after reading Psalm 42, I wrote this Haiku poem: “Beneath the fearsome waves I wait, breathless and still… then, Your light breaks through.” In Scripture, I think there are snapshot glimpses into God’s nature. For example, the writers of…