What was it that the daily reflection asked?
Oh yeah, it was, “If you were set down beside
the carriage of the Ethiopian, what would you ask?”
His response was priceless,
“Hey buddy, could you stop that chariot,
my feet are killing me!”
Okay, so maybe this is not
not the mental picture
the writer of Acts had in mind,
this strange story of Philip
and the Ethiopian eunuch.
A funny scene, a scholar without a clue,
reading the prophets of a people not his own;
Needing an interpreter
to explain the ancient words,
finding an agile deacon instead
sent by an angel on a different path.
A vision, a sprint, a chat,
a dunking, and poof,
He’s gone, teleported away, snatched up;
An imponderable moment
like so many in Acts
spreading the word
as the Spirit MOVES you…
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edited September 17, 2015
An Angel, a Deacon, and a Eunuch – v2
May 22, 2006 10:20pm
An Angel, a Deacon, and a Eunuch
Based on Acts 8:26-40
and my conversation with the Reverend Joel B. Guillemette
on the questions in the Daily Reflections section on Alive
Now for May 8, 2006 – “Read the account of Philip and the Ethiopian in Acts
8:26-40. What do you find most amazing about this story? If you were set down
beside the carriage of the Ethiopian, what would you say?” He was the only
other human in the bible besides Elijah to be moved by God directly as far as
we knew.
Wesley United Methodist Church
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