February 12-14, 2024

So tell me

how do you like your Chosen Jesus now

now that he has failed us on multiple occasions

now that he has left the ‘adorable’ unhealed

now that he has botched his sermon prep

now that he has let a follower die

now that he has seemed less the Son of God

and more a son of man

Do you say "It's just like Lazarus"

whom Jesus let lie four days

Four. Whole. Days.

before He came to say

"I am the resurrection and the life"

proving it by calling Lazarus out

out of the dark of his tomb

back into his sisters' embrace

Do you say "It's like the Syrophoenician woman"

whom Jesus at first ignored

yet whose daughter Jesus healed

as promised by the prophet

allowing her have the crumb

fallen from the master’s table

rewarding a stranger's faith

with His good Father's gift

You’re welcome to try

go ahead and try

try as very hard as you can

yet no matter how you spin it

Jesus never once turned His back

on anyone

Not even once.