|
Buzzy Ennis is youth pastor at Southern California's Garden
Grove FMC. In January 2002, he told Light and Life
magazine, "We are creative because God is still creating,
and He uses us as a tool in the creative process." (The
picture above is taken from that Light
and Life article.)
Click here to read two more poems
from Buzzy Ennis.
|
|
would
we even believe it was really him
if the bible were being written today
i wonder which churches would be written about
who's letters to their friends would become known as books that
hold truth in them
where would Jesus be from
what language would he speak
would i followed him as my savior?
or would i even believe it was really him?
would he ask waiters to walk away from their tables in the middle
of the lunch rush to be disciples
would he eat dinner at the homes of hated people, telemarketers
would he heal aids instead of leprosy
would he heal the blind with lasic surgery
would he use wonder bread at the last supper
would he baptize people in the jetty with a pacific cleansing
would he flip over jaguars and suvs in church parking lots rather
than tables in the courts
would his sermons be the same
or would corporations want to sponsor him
nike asking if they could make a commercial of him walking on
the water in a pair of their shoes
would he be the one holding the signs on the street comers that
read "the end is near"
would he have a pierced tongue and tattoos covering his original
skin
would we all follow for a time in crowds of 5000 and more
worshipping him, hanging on his words singing hosanna
seeking his thoughts
grabbing for his robe
bringing the sick to him for healing
or would we even believe it was really him
would he break meaningless laws, casting fear into the politicians
just because he had too many followers
us his followers
would we be the ones to start fearing association with him when
his popularity decreased
would we yell for his death
or scream for his release
or would we even believe it was really him
what death sentence would be carried out
could he be nailed to a chair with a metal crown around his
head bringing the electrical current to his end
would they pierce his side with a lethal injection
while we sat in the viewing room waiting
we his followers waiting
what would we wear around our necks
miniature golden chairs and an electrical switch made of silver
or would we even believe it was really him
willing to follow the one breaking silly rules
the one challenging us to expand what we believe to be true
or would we even believe it was really him
|
