playing favorites
in the ninth chapter
my favorite Bible story
when the parent
comes to Jesus
for
the child who needs healing
who is thrown by fits
into fire
such an extreme for healing to
which Jesus
says
believe and the child be renewed
to
which the parents
must reply
I believe
and help my unbelief
the formula presented
yet
before Jesus especially
even to doubt
but must
be honest
and the response from Jesus is
that
the child is healed
not that epileptics must be healed
though sick children
from whatever
reason
should be
and for all we are and all we aren’t
we have to open all our hopes
and fears
before the Lord
versing
my second favorite
is a cluster of
verses
from the Psalms about a third through
the verses about
creating a clean hearts
a heart that
is in me
by God
by God
in fact
to renew
as has been made
create in me a clean heart
O God
and renew a right spirit with me
and
cast me not away from they presence
and take not
thy holy spirit
from
me
again
an honest plea
for healing of the self
I guess
even to be close ‘mid all the snares
outside the circle
working in
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(for the series, from Mark 9 and Psalm 51)
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Unbelief
(in Mark, chapter 9)
My favorite story from the
Christian New Testament
Isn’t easy
A father brings his son
(a parent brings a child)
To Jesus, saying
A demon throws his son into
The fire or the water
Anything destructive, for
The demon wants
To kill the child
To the father, Jesus says
That with faith, the boy
Will be cured,
The demon itself thrown out
To which the father says,
I believe
Help my unbelief
He had been told what to do
What was pat, even a guarantee
But the father’s honesty
Precluded the code
He bravely and with broken heart
Told Jesus what was real
The crowd pressed in
There was no more time for
Conversation, not even for proof
Of faith
But what we know is that
Jesus healed the child
If there was a test
The father passed,
Though there wasn’t
And he didn’t
Was Jesus surprised?
Was the father?
What is authentic was not
Surprised
Faith will out
And doubt
They both had their turns
And they
And theys did well
They made healing
They made good
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