Dear All of Us,
It was one of those
unexpected,
long remembered,
telling moments.
Meeting up one day
with my friend, I said,
"Joe, it's good to see you."
With a warm, knowing smile
he responded,
"It's good to be seen."
There's a mountain
of meaning
to be mined there.
Zaccheus found that out. (1)
Because of the crowd
he had climbed a tree
so he could see Jesus.
They saw each other
and was it ever
GOOD TO BE SEEN
Jesus invited himself
over for dinner.
The locals dised it
snickering,
"He eats with sinners."
As a matter of saving fact,
"You Betcha!"
Zaccheaus was in finance
and wealthy.
He cooked the books
to get that way.
He was corrupt covered.
At dinner,
before the
hors d'oeuvres
were even
finished,
Zaccheaus
was a freed,
refreshed man.
He had been
SEEN
all the way in
by
Jesus.
It was piercing,
purifying love.
Jesus saw past
the sin slips,
corrupt crust,
voids and inner turmoil,
all the way to Zaccheaus'
deepest self and soul.
In that brightness
Zaccheus saw himself
and everything else
clear,
clean,
good,
God Centered.
IT"S GOOD TO BE SEEN
really and deeply.
These days a lot of folks
can't see eye to eye on
fundamental, foundational
values and practices.
As a tragic result
they are more than
in each other's face.
They face off in
devastating cultural,
social, physical conflicts.
They just
can't see things
another's way,
much less even
see the other.
It's morally obscene.
It collapses the floor
of societal cohesion.
That is because
in many of
our countries
there are these
vastly different
REALITY TAKES
and their
consequent
LIFE WAYS
I venture to say
many people
will never see
eye to eye
on them.
We need to honestly
see that and then
keep looking until
we see past them
to the deepest
of the others'
SOUL SELVES
GOD CENTER
There
we see that
our centers are one,
GOD
From that foundation
we can love each other,
making room
for each other
to live out
markedly varied
social, political, religious
cultures and life ways.
We can find ways
to reorder in
tolerance,
respect and peace.
Because vast groups
see no good,
no God,
in each other
they do not actually
see each other
or themselves.
We need to have Jesus over
for dinner and a good look!
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(1) Luke 19:1-10
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Love to all.
God Bless
John Frank
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