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Texting with my daughter
Reminiscing
Stories
Moon Moth
THOSE stories we tell—
PALE riders going from
FLOWERS to flowers—
MIGHT return before dawn
STILL busy depositing eggs—
HAVE this one last task
TIME & fulfillment
TO perpetuate a species
FRUIT for thé next generation
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dVerse prompt to use this line by Karina Borowicz—
« Those pale flowers might still have time to fruit. »
The luna moth lacks a mouth so it cannot fed. Its purpose is to mate and lay eggs, which is done in six to ten days before it dies.
Image from the Field Book of Insects, 1918
Returning to Jerusalem
Jesus had been to the Temple—
as a baby
He was presented to God
as a twelve year
who stayed there questioning
the rabbis for three days
while His parents searched for Him
as a young man growing up
who would go with his family
for three major festivals each year
as a young rabbi
who challenged religious leaders
for three years of His ministry
Nearing Jerusalem this time
He knew it would be different
& had explained on three occasions
to His disciplines how He would
be betrayed and killed and rise again
His disciples still did not understand
Parable of the Minas
Jesus told this parable to His disciples on the way to Jerusalem because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. A parable would take a subject that was well known to the listener & compare or demonstrate that which was unknown. A mina was a unit of weight & currency, equal to 60 shekels, & 1/4 of an agricultural workers annual earnings.
Jesus said—
A nobleman went away to a far land to receive a kingdom for himself & to return. He called his servants to him, giving each one mina & said, Do business till I come.
After receiving his kingdom, he called his servants to see what they had gained by trading. The first servant had earned ten minas. The master gave him authority over ten cities in his kingdom because he had been faithful with a little amount. The second had five minas & was given authority over five cities. The third presented him with the original mina which he had put away because he was fearful & knowing the master as an austere man, collecting what was not deposited and reaping what he did not sow.
You knew this about me and did not even put the mina in the bank to draw interest. You wicked servant! Out of your own mouth I will judge you.
So the mina was taken from him & given to the servant with ten. The master said, for I say to you, that everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
Bartimaeus
Blind beggar Bartimaeus
could hear the crowd
coming along the road
near Jericho
& he asked who was there
crying out when he heard
it was Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus Son of David!
Have mercy on me!
& many told him to be quiet
which made him yell louder
Jesus! Son of David!
Have mercy on me!
Jesus stood still &
commanded that the man
be called to Him & said
What do you want me to do?
Rabboni!
that I may receive my sight!
& immediately
he received his sight &
followed Jesus on the road
On the Way to Jerusalem
When it was time to travel again
a rich man came to Jesus
& wanted to know what he could do
to have eternal life—
sell everything
give it to the poor &
come with me
Jesus said
but the man was very rich & could not
so he went on his way
& Jesus led the way towards Jerusalem
with the disciples being amazed
as well as afraid
so He took them aside
to tell them again what would happen—
how he would be betrayed
condemned mocked scourged
spit on & killed
on the third day He would rise again
On the Road to Capernum
After Jesus healed the epileptic boy
He & the disciples
traveled through Galilee
going back to Capernum
but on a different road
& when they were settled
in a house there
Jesus asked them what they
had been arguing about
& since they had been
proclaiming which of them
was the greatest
they were embarrassed
& were afraid to ask Him
what it meant that He would die
& be raised in three days
which He had spoken of on the road
because He wanted them to know
what would happen
in Jerusalem
Need for Prayer
Jesus walked down
from the mountain
& a crowd had gathered
waiting for his return—
here a man pleaded
for healing of his epileptic son
(the disciples who had stayed
could not heal him)
Jesus thought them all faithless
& called the demon out of the boy
who convulsed violently
& was finally rid of that spirit
The disciples questioned Jesus
why they had failed
& Jesus told them
that prayer and fasting was required
Transfiguration
Climbed Mt Hermon
from Caesarea Philippi
only a few went with Him
Peter James and John
Jesus went to the highest
seen by the others
glowing whiteness
vision of Moses
& Elijah
a voice
This
is
my
Son!
Listen to Him.
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photo of Mt Hermon in public domain
Caesarea Philippi
Start in Caesarea Philippi
twenty mile walk from Capernum
take the Roman road
to the Greek god Pan
beautiful site
at the foot of Mt Hermon
source of the Jordan River
the Cave of Pan
enshrined
where Jesus told his disciples
that he would die
& live again
Who do you say I am?
& Peter exclaimed
Son of the living God!
& with this revelation
the church was built
here on the crags
of Caesarea Philippi
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