FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AND MEDITATIONS

There’s a progression of events that I have observed...

   all based on the questions of Jesus own words: 

Which is easier (for Me) to say: Your sins be forgiven you...

   or, rise, take up your bed and walk...(the way that I told you to)?

But, (nevertheless) so that you will know, I have the power to forgive sin,

   I say to you, Take up your bed and walk (in the sight of these men).

When sin is forgiven, decay must go;

   Ten lepers were sent to the priest but no so...

he could heal them; They were healed as they went;

   It seems they were being obedient.

Yet, one returned to follow You; The others must have realized...

   The Law that they followed made nothing perfect;

Still, they chose to justify, with rules rather than relationship...

   and stayed with just rules that couldn’t equip...

with gratitude, Your plan for them...to multiply this again and again.

Could they have gone to the same synagogue

   and observed decay on display, such as...

the daughter of Abraham that remained afflicted that way? 

I realize they were ostracized, with the social disease that they had;  

   But, this didn’t happen overnight; Eighteen years, to be exact! 

And then, came Jesus with His Priesthood (The Order of Melchisedec)...

   being The Sacrifice as a humane man...had the right to say what He did.

But, what about me?  Do I believe that Sin has been forgiven? 

   Or, will I allow decay to remain and ignore my Sacrifice, risen...

to maintain what He did in my behalf,

   rather than prove that His Love has surpassed...

every lie that says otherwise and, like the nine, try to survive...

   with rules rather than relationship to prove that I am well equipped...

to walk in His Kingdom, right here on this earth...

   because He gave me free His ‘whole’ new birth?

January 18, 2006

Wednesday