Tuesday 22 December 2009

A Power About Him...

His conception

…questionable,

his birthing

rough and coarse,

his crib

a feed trough…


He was a refugee,

a poor man's child,

a tradesman…


…yet there

was a power

about him

that drew

many to their knees…



…one day,

out in the desert,

the tradesman

turned subversive,

he challenged the

religious fabric

that held his

world

together,

he was mocked

and vilified….


…yet there

was a power

about him

that drew

many to their knees…


..he touched

the unclean,

and broke the rules,

he had little respect

for authorities.

His followers,

fishermen

and outcasts,

his platform

a hillside…


…yet there

was a power

about him

that drew

many to their knees…


…his ended

as a criminal

stripped

whipped,

and crucified..

he died in agony

calling out

to the one

he called father…


and the sky darkened,

and the ground shook..


…there was a power about him,

….there is a power about him,

……and it calls us to our knees…


From the excellent Eternal Echoes blog...

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