Matthew 14-15
THE SIGNS OF REJECTION BEGIN TO APPEAR
WITH THE MURDER OF JOHN, THIS FACT BECOMES CLEAR
THE KINGDOM TO ISRAEL IS NOW SET ASIDE
THE DRUMBEAT OF DEATH BECOMES HARDER TO HIDE.
JESUS CONTINUED TO TEACH AND TO HEAL
THOSE WHO BY FAITH SOUGHT TO FOLLOW HIS WILL
WHEN FIVE THOUSAND ATE WITH THE LUNCH OF A BOY
EACH FAMILY WENT HOME, IN AWE, FULL OF JOY.
THAT NIGHT HIS DISCIPLES WERE CAUGHT IN A STORM
THE GALILEE WAVES LEFT THEM FEARFUL AND WORN
JESUS WALKED TO THEM WHEN HE SAW THEM FROM SHORE
HE SPOKE TO THE WINDS AND THE WAVES CHURNED NO MORE.
AS SOON AS THEY REACHED THE GENNESARET TOWN
THE NEWS OF HIS COMING WAS SPREAD ALL AROUND
THE SICK AND THE DYING WERE HEALED BY HIS WORD
AND MANY THAT DAY PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE LORD.
BUT CONFLICT BEGAN TO INCREASE EVERY DAY
BETWEEN WHAT THE LORD AND THE RABBI'S WOULD SAY
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS WERE ONLY FOR SHOW
GOD'S LAW WAS INTENDED FOR PEOPLE TO GROW.
SO WHEN THEY ACCUSED HIS DISCIPLES OF SIN
JESUS REVEALED HYPOCRISY WITHIN
IT'S NOT WHAT GOES IN THAT DEFILES ONE'S LIFE
FOR OUT OF THE HEART FLOWS ALL EVIL AND STRIFE..
JESUS THEN WALKED TOWARD PHENECIA ONE DAY
WHERE CITIES LIKE SIDON AND TYRE ONCE LAY
A CANAANITE WOMAN OF GENTILE BIRTH
PLED THAT HER DAUGHTER BE FREED FROM HER CURSE.
DEMON POSSESSION ENSLAVED HER THROUGH LIFE
JEWS CALLED THEM “DOGS” WITH A CERTAIN DELIGHT
WHEN JESUS THEN TALKED ABOUT CRUMBS OFF THE FLOOR
SHE ASKED FOR ONE CRUMB THAT WOULD FREE HER ONCE MORE.
AFTER THIS MIRACLE JESUS PERFORMED
OTHERS WHO FOLLOWED WERE LIKEWISE TRANSFORMED
LATER FOUR THOUSAND WERE FED BY THE LORD
AMONG THEM WERE GENTILES RECEIVING HIS WORD.
--B. Pent
