After Acts 6:8 – 7:60
I
keep the laws
I
wash, when I should,
I
fast, when I should,
read
and listen when I should
he
serves the widows at table
I
live near, the sacredness
of
this place spills over my home
I
tithe what I should
He
serves the people with love
And
you, Stephen, hand me
Scripture
and history and
innocence
and spirit and
wisdom
and the face
of
an angel
he
serves his Lord in what
he
says
I
give you stones, cast
I
give you stones, thrown
I
give you stones, hurled
he
serves his Lord in what
he
does
stones,
Stephen,
stones
he
is served stones
Painting of the stoning of St. Stephen
by Rembrandt van Rijn, oil on canvas, 1625; Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.
