Metanoia

His life changed
into the waters,
rising, the dove upon him
into the desert
tempted from his path

Back to his hometown
to the synagogue of his youth
picking up the scriptures
reading from the ancient verse

Claiming the power
the ministry of love
the words of Isaiah
written on his life

More than they could understand
this man whom they had known
all of his life a carpenter
unable to hear his truth

Driven from the town
all he had fully known
to wander the earth, a messenger
until his work on earth was done


January 29, 2010
Alive Now Daily Reflections
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/daily-reflections/daily-reflections-for-january-25-31/
for January 25, 2010 to January 31, 2010
by Nancy Fergusons (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
Jeremiah 1:4-10
for January 25, 2010
Luke 4:21-30 (and Luke 4:1-20)
for January 28, 2010
and “Journey into the Unknown”,
by Diana Butler Bass,
for January 29, 2010