After Matthew 7:28-8:3
He finishes his words,
what he wants to say.
The ones around him
remain silent; the rest
of us are stunned.
This carpenter speaks
with the authority
of the rabbis. He’s less
than a scribe, yet
his words poured forth
like a teacher of the law
as we’ve never heard
the law before. Surprise
is so deep that we don’t
know what to say, how
to accept these words,
this message. Never
have we heard words
like this. We watch
his descent from
the mount, and then
we followed. And
the first thing he did
was to heal a leper,
heal with a touch,
demonstrating authority.
Photograph by Thom Milkovic via Unsplash. Used with permission.
1 comment:
Amen, Glynn - beautiful!
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