Dance of the Marionette - v3

The pastor rose to speak of not one
but the dance of two kings
two men of different moment
different weight in the eyes,
in their memory of God.
 
One danced at his sense of joy
this feeling of wonder, of happiness
in the presence of the Creator,
the Protector of his people.
 
The other, seemingly powerful,
danced the dance of a marionette
with a few too many masters
and tangled string, intrigue,
dancing to someone else’s tune
knowing at some level the fate
he would bear for the choice
to follow, to dance, to kill.
 
A pawn on the larger stage
and in his own home.
 
A king in name
but not in reality
pushed by masters
to follow their lead
not his own heart
knowing the wrong,
the evil he was committing.
 
Juxtaposed, these kings,
the anointed boy, a new shepherd,
and the jaundiced puppet
playing their parts
dancing it would seem
to very different tunes.
 
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edited December 13, 2021

Dance of the Marionette – v3

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posted December 12, 2021

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edited November 18, 2020

Dance of the Marionette - v2

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July 16, 2006 13:38

Dance of the Marionette

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/dance-of-marionette.html

 

Based on the sermon, “The Dances of Kings”, by the Reverend Peter Avery Hey, Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH, on the dance of King David in 2 Samuel 6:12b-19 and the seeming dance of King Herod in Mark 6:14-29. David danced at the procession bringing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem. Herod danced himself into beheading John the Baptist even though he knew John was a holy man.

 

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