<I>Meditation on Mark 10: 17 - 31</I> <br /> <br />He departed in sorrow. <br />Where had he failed? <br />He could have built Jesus <br />a mega-church, <br />the pride of all Judea, <br />in just exchange <br />for a ticket to paradise. <br /> <br />Instead the one who would <br />pay the price <br />for all of our heavenly rooms <br />had counselled him most strangely, <br /> <br /> <I>“Give all that you have to the poor <br /> then you will gain what you lack.”</I> <br /> <br />The man rose from his knees - <br />dignity tossed to the winds. <br />He’d come in hope <br />of acquiring more <br />not squandering all he had gained. <br /> <br />He was last seen combing Judea <br />in search of a miniature camel <br />to thread through a jumbo sized needle. <br /> <br /><I>January, 2008</I><br /><br />Robert Charles Howard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/needle-in-the-desert/
