There was also an inscription over him,
“This is the King of the Jews.”
—Luke 23.38
Oh, they got no end of mirth out of that,
so ripe for mockery, so unlike the king
they secretly wanted, the conqueror,
the one who would mount the power structures
and give them a better place in it.
But here is this weak, weaponless man
who reminds them of what hurts most in them;
who suffers what they are most afraid of,
only without shrinking;
who takes power structures
in his shattered hands and shatters them,
wielding the overwhelming power of mercy
from within their own wounds;
whose love is immense, indomitable, immortal.
The one anxious to be king
climbs over others, even himself,
mocking the one in the lowest place,
closest to the great power.
This one reigns in weakness and suffering.
There is no king
and he is the one,
come not to rule
but to redeem.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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