A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 24 – C
October 30, 2016
St. Luke 19:1-10 - NRSV
Jesus and Zacchaeus
19 He
entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named
Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to
see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was
short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see
him, because he was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the
place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus hurry and come down; for I must
stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome
him. 7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the
guest of one who is a sinner.” 8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the
Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I
have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” 9 Then
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a
son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the
lost.”
A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 24 – C
October 30, 2016
A Small Tale
It
is a small tale not a tall tale
about
a man named Zach,
and
a Rabbi who seeks the lost
and
always has their back.
Imagine
Zach, say 5’ 4”,
or
even shorter then
because
you know that might be tall
among
First Century men.
Curious
Zach sought out a tree
to
see this popular Teacher.
Little
did he know he’d be hosting dinner
for
this itinerant Preacher.
Small
in stature high in enthusiasm,
Zach
looks down upon the crowd.
The
Prophet speaks: “Come down!
I’m
coming to your house. Be proud.”
Imagine
a Tax Collector hosting this Sage
what
happens
is
nothing less than
a
preview of God’s New Age.
An
outcast heart – compassion true,
gifting
half of all he collected.
A
sign that God makes all things new
from
those we least expected.
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