Truth-Telling

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Hi my dearest poets, What I'm doing is I'm turning the daily Reflection on Living Faith to poetry then I asked my health coach which is my childhood friend, Nene Claire. She told me that I have to put the name of who wrote it then my name will be written if I turn it into poetry soup as a poem. I just thought since other people are not doing the subscription of Living Faith to share the gospel, I thought to make the daily reflection a poetry where I'll turn it either Couplet, Haiku or a quatrain which is commonly known for a certain poem so it would not look like I pagiarized. To play it safe I put the name of the one who originally wrote it and the date when I turned it into a poetry.

There were widows in Israel… It was to none of Humanthese that Elijah was sent, but only a widow in Zarephat in the land of Sidon. Again there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian. Luke 4:25-27



A prophet
A spoke person for God
Sometimes tasked to relate a hard truth
This first act of public ministry

Jesus tells the people something
They don’t want to hear:
God may favor a member of another tribe over them
Where humans draw a line between us and them

God sees no barrier
Maybe He even favors the outcast
It’s a lesson throughout Jesus ministry
Spending time with Women

Tax collectors
Roman Soldiers
Those deemed unclean
For one reason or another

Jesus condems the status quo
The crowd cannot dispute what Jesus says
They become enraged
Wanted to eliminate the truth-teller

Again and again in scripture
Human history
Telling people hard truth is not appreciated
Fact that it can get you killed

Phil Fox Rose
Turned to Poetry by Jacqueline  2272021
Poetry Form: Free verse

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