To put our home into order
for the purpose of restful abiding,
to create a space of peace
and maintain it is God’s work.
In Genesis he began it
with waters in need of separation
and seas gathered together
and fruitful tasks to assign.
His work is to make beauty of chaos
for the purpose of abiding with us.
Homes and hearts set in order
for God to dwell with men.
Thus, we, in his image, mimic
separating good from ill,
gathering together our treasures,
and assigning each one his job.
Thusly, through our labor—
gestation, preservation, ministration,
jurisdiction, recommendation, invocation—
we make ready little hearts for the king.
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