Sunday, November 20, 2011

GOATS AND LAMBS (CHRIST THE KING)


THE GOATS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE BARN
AFTER THEIR DAY IN THE FIELD

THEY COULDN’T STAND THE COLD

BUT THE SHEEP REMAINED OUTSIDE
WARM IN THEIR COAT

MILKING THE GOAT WAS WOMEN’S WORK
A DEBAUCHED WOMEN WAS CALLED A GOAT

THE GOATS WERE BLACK
THE SHEEP WOOL WHITE

THE GOATS WERE PROMISCUOUS
THEY SHARED THEIR MATES
THE SHEEP DID NOT

OUT OF ALL THIS FOLKLORE
JESUS SPUN A TALE
USING IMAGES THE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD

HE STARTS BY SAYING

THE KING COMES IN GLORY

SO CRITICAL IN THE EAST
THE DEMAND FOR RESPECT

SO HE COMES IN GLORY
AND SITS ON THE GLORY THRONE

COMMANDING RESPECT
AS BEFITS A KING

AND TELLS A COMMON STORY
OF SEPARATING SHEEP FROM GOATS

SEPARATING THE GOOD
FROM THE INDIFFERENT


THEY WERE NOT COMPLETELY BAD
THE GOATS
THEY WERE INDIFFERENT

AND SAID TO THE SHEEP
WHO WERE CARING
AND HUDDLED TOGETHER FOR WARMTH

COME INTO THE KINGDOM
I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU
AND I’LL SHALL BE YOUR SHEPHERD


FRANK A VOLLMER



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