After Mark 11:1-14
Not a
stallion or other
variation
on a horse
not a
chariot or even
a cart,
not anything
they
expected but:
a donkey,
and not
only a donkey
but a
donkey
previously
unridden,
never
before ridden
never
before worked
or used
and that
is the point
The donkey
to be used first
to carry
the king, the messiah,
the one
foretold, the one anticipated,
the one
desired and yearned for
riding a
donkey
confounding
expectations
contradicting
expectations
a king
riding a donkey
the animal
used for hard work
the animal
whose strength
is used to
serve.
Photo by Laura Gariglio via Unsplash, Used with
permission.
