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The river rushed along
in a sunburst of spring,
flooding the lowly plains
and restoring desert soil
with precious minerals,
borne on its silted current
from the hills of Galilee.
It filled the echoing aquifers
that fed the thirsty wells
for many miles around.
The river ran between seas,
one alive with fish,
the other dead with salt.
It was a border long ago,
separating slavery in Egypt
from freedom in Canaan.
Once crossed, a golden age
ensued, till sin entered in
and shattered the dream.
John stood in the river
and used the Galilean flow
to cleanse all who repented.
Jesus stepped forward
and was recognised by John.
‘How can the Lamb of God
be baptized by me?’
thought John. ‘I am in need
of being washed by Him!’
But Jesus said it had to be.
So a river of Spirit
poured down on God’s Son.
Now the border is crossed
once again, from slavery
into the promised land,
every time a sinner
is baptized in this river,
which issues from the Father
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
source of eternal life.
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