Robert Charles Howard - Needle in the Desert

<I>Meditation on Mark 10: 17 - 31</I>

He departed in sorrow.
Where had he failed?
He could have built Jesus
a mega-church,
the pride of all Judea,
in just exchange
for a ticket to paradise.

Instead the one who would
pay the price
for all of our heavenly rooms
had counselled him most strangely,

    <I>“Give all that you have to the poor
    then you will gain what you lack.”</I>

The man rose from his knees -
dignity tossed to the winds.
He’d come in hope
of acquiring more
not squandering all he had gained.

He was last seen combing Judea
in search of a miniature camel
to thread through a jumbo sized needle.

<I>January, 2008</I>

Robert Charles Howard

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