Translate

Monday, April 1, 2013

Religions’ Reaction



Do not touch.
Do not taste.
Do not handle, if you do there’ll be quite the scandal.

Take off another’s sandal? Not me! I don’t want the scandal.
The scoundrel shook his fist at me! I don’t want the scandal.
I bowed, I beg, I bless? No not me, I don’t want the scandal.

“Unclean! You are unclean!” They yell this out to me.
I turn.
I rise.
I smile, yes!
Yes that is true, yet you are clean to me!

Broken by leprosy, death slowly crept in.
Bound and broken?
Am I halfhearted or full of tokens?
Yes. I was unclean.

Do not touch.
Do not taste.
Do not handle, if you do there’ll be quite the scandal.

Dare one go beyond a bitter bite?
Dare one?
Would one touch, just one?

“Unclean! I am unclean!” I yell out.
I rise.
I turn.
You smile and say, “Child, you are clean to me!”

Touch,
Taste and
Handle, for there is one who changed my scandal.

8 comments:

  1. Our JESUS loves when other won't! Thanks Karen.

    ReplyDelete
  2. If we could all see through the eyes of Jesus....

    ReplyDelete
  3. I "saw" this one play out. Rejection turned into acceptance and approval; that matters soooo much. Thanks for posting and blessing as usual, Gordon. Keep on writing, man. Amen.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Thanks for always being encouraging Sharon!

    ReplyDelete
  5. This was, as usual, wonderful, I read this one to Richard and both agreed how awesome it was...Keep up such a wonderful ministry!!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Thank you MOM! May our God and Father overall Creation be glorified! He wasn't bothered by our weakness!

    ReplyDelete