Meditations on Lent - #10

Meditations on Lent - #10
 
One who is loved
 
Approaching Easter this season of lent
 
I find myself thinking of the one whom Jesus loved
 
the one of the disciples  mentioned five times by John
 
the one who laid or leaned on the breast of Jesus.
 
Southern Baptist childhood  ministers would
 
attempt to pray away the sin of suggesting that Jesus
 
experienced the special love of anyone
 
let alone another man.


Presbyterian pastors would point to the sky with their noses
 
demonstrating the distain of those who can strut sitting down.
 
As we approach the time of the cross I am hopeful that Jesus
 
experienced the swell of love which sends the heart of a 33-year-old soaring,
 
 eyes twinkling and lips widening.
 
Fully man was Jesus we are told
 
yet, the suggestion of a
 
physical love seems blasphemous to many.
 
I like envisioning a special love for Jesus
 
a head lying on his breast.
 
I like thinking he felt that love deep within his human body
 
before betrayal steals that physical body
 
before the nails pierce his flesh
 
before he is placed in the tomb.
 
 
Written March 16, 2019
Jimmy F Pickett
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