Legion

Long since, I left my people and my home Who had long since given up on me To dwell in undwelling, midst death and bone Among these tombs by the Galilee. When he came, I rushed, was all in a rage; As he called them out, rebuked the unclean, I thought his call was back to a cage. "Leave me alone! Leave me unseen!" What if we would step out, wait, let him speak; Let him see our hearts, untie the twisted; Be bold yet humble, use our strength to be weak? What if in peace, we could just sit and listen? He sent Legion home, not in rejection, But to witness to the hope of coming resurrection.

© Randy Edwards 2017 Artwork: Der liebende Jesus jagt Dämonen in Schweine. 1860 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794–1872)

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