A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 13 – A
September 3, 2017
Matthew 16:21-28 –
NRSV
Jesus Foretells His
Death and Resurrection
21 From
that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem
and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22 And Peter took
him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must
never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me,
Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on
divine things but on human things.”
The Cross and Self-Denial
24 Then
Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For those who want to
save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will
find it. 26 For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but
forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
27 “For
the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then
he will repay everyone for what has been done. 28 Truly I tell you, there
are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man
coming in his kingdom.”
A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 13 – A
Loss and Gain
Loss and Gain
Welcome
to the church’s lost and found.
Don’t
hesitate to look around; the scarves,
the
gloves, eyeglasses and keys
will
tell you their stories and the reason
why
losing changes everything:
Lose
your keys you
can
no longer travel.
Now
you must walk
as
your life unravels.
Scarves
and gloves
lost
leave you cold
like
the man beneath the bridge
each
minute growing old.
Life’s
a blur without glasses.
Such
a loss will give you glances,
chances
to see anew
from
a different point of view.
Welcome
to the church’s lost and found.
You
have come to holy ground
where
you’ll be taught the paradox
that
in losing all you are not lost.
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