Archive for December, 2008

“Wake up, wake up, you can’t sleep your way through a crucifixion. You have to be in it to win it.”

That was the funniest joke I had ever heard, not. I didn’t think anybody would be able to sleep but some of us did. We got in line for our beam. Nobody was pushing to be at the head this line. I over heard the centurions talking about this was a lovely day for a crucifixion. There it is Golgotha; they should change the name to the hill of a million tears.

I never in my life saw ‘Temple Folk’ curse & scream so loudly at one person. My aunt says some thinks He’s the Messiah. He doesn’t look like a Messiah, He look like chopped ram meat. Oh my Lord, is that His back, I’m gonna be sick?

Now that I’m up here, I have come to the conclusion, “I Don’t Want To Die!”

“ Hay hay hay, King of The Jews, Your Royal Majesty, I hear you are ‘The One’, save Yourself & us too. Ha Ha Ha Ha!”

“ Foolish, shut up! Just shut up! All of us are in the same boat. I’m a thief, you’re a thief, & that man there stab a man over a game. But this man has never harm the head of no one. Are you really gonna let your last words on Earth be nonsense?”

“ Lord, when you build your Forever Kingdom will you remember me?”

“ Paradise is today & you are with me.”

After He said those beautiful words, I understood why my Father would just look up at the sky & shouted, “Halleluiah!”

I can’t believe it, they are really gonna do it. It echoes in my ears, “ For your thievery of a friend of Caesar, I Pontius Pilate, give the order for you to be crucified come morning.”

How was I supposed to know that he was a traveling nobleman from Rome, of all places? How was I to know that he had the ear of Caesar? I’m just a thief trying to put crumbs on the table & drops in the vat.

My love, my wife Sarai, her beautiful sand brown eyes were all but red from hot tears when she came to see me. She brought my girls, my two little princesses; Debra & Rebekah. Debra knew & one day Rebekah will know.

Sarai tried to console me, “My Darling, you must have the Faith of Abraham that Jehovah-Shalom will meet you at Judgment.”

“Sarri my Love, Jehovah’s Law is very sure about thieves, so enough of me, it’s all about you & my babies. Go to your mother’s in Damascus, I forbid you from becoming someone’s maid or a harlot. Once you get settled, go to the well, go exactly east til you come to a small altar called Beth-Zuriel. Remove the two smooth stones & live quietly with that smile I first saw you with in Memphis. I know you will raise the babies properly. Just know that I love you so much, King Solomon himself never knew this beauty I was blessed with. I so wish I could have changed for you.”

She held my face & said, “ Shhhhhh, change is a luxury for the rich.”

I can still smell her perfume in my sleeve, the one I ‘found’ in Gaza. “Lord Jehovah, I know I have no place to talk to You but please be with Sarai, Debra, & Rebekah. Give them the peace of mind that I was never able to find for them. Thank you Father.”

To Be Continue

We as believers have our Gethsemanes; I don’t mean the garden but the night before. Matthew 26: 36-46 and Mark 14: 32-42, are where Jesus prayed about the events that were about to occur. Our Gethsemane is the ‘night’ before our traumatic event. Read more…

Acting On Faith
Mark 2: 1-5
The faith of which I’m speaking of is Faith in Jesus Christ and the Finished Work of the Cross. These short verses are where our/Christians’ Faith needs to be both sides. Read more…

Our Homecoming
The Prodigal Son was living high on the hog Friday, Saturday, and Sunday but come Monday he was feeding the hogs. Read more…