Like the First Disciples

A foreshadowing, a parallel
leaving their sheep
all that they owned
going to him
to his manger bed

Like the first disciples
leaving their nets, their boats
all that they owned
following him
where he would lead

December 28, 2011
earlier poem, “abandoning their flocks”
Luke 2:8-20
Matthew 4:18-22
Advent book study
“The Journey”
By Reverend Adam Hamilton
Led by Pastor Ruth Foss
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A Handmaiden of the Lord
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