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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