Here’s a reflection on
Jesus’s call to the disciples (and to us) to follow. It was written by Roddy Hamilton.
Follow
Me
We could only hear
the voice
We could not see him
for he stood with the sun behind him
and he glowed
for he stood with the sun behind him
and he glowed
We dropped our nets
where they were
screwing our eyes at the light
confused by its brightness
yet drawn by those words
screwing our eyes at the light
confused by its brightness
yet drawn by those words
“Come and follow me”
The light shifted
just at that moment.
This was the daring
plan all heaven
had been working on
through incarnation
and annunciation
around magnificat
those ancient words
scripted to lead nations into the reign of God
and here it was
bold
clever
centuries of work
whole generations had been longing for
a complete, worked out plan of salvation:
had been working on
through incarnation
and annunciation
around magnificat
those ancient words
scripted to lead nations into the reign of God
and here it was
bold
clever
centuries of work
whole generations had been longing for
a complete, worked out plan of salvation:
"Will you come
and follow me"
it worked for us
but churches and project workers
have tried more advanced programmes
ever since.
but churches and project workers
have tried more advanced programmes
ever since.
~ written by
Roddy Hamilton, and posted on Listening
to the Stones. http://newkilpatrickblog.typepad.com/nk-blogging/mucky-paws/
Used by permission.
