And the Goats

Too many readings
of this holy scripture
focus on the sheep
the calling of the flock
the judgment of the meek

The story doesn’t end
with the rapture of the sheep
the Lord continued
with the judgment of the goats

This telling of the coming
the dividing of the peoples
like wheat and the tares
growing side by side

The tares, the goats
destined for the fire
culled from the harvest
on that judgment day

January 2, 2011
Matthew 25:31-46
and
Upper Room Disciplines for 2011
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=831781
for January 1 and 2, 2011
“Epiphany’s Light”
by Anna Lee
for January 2, 2011
read January 2, 2011

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