You know,
Why didn't God do it different?
It all could have been so much less scandalous...
Could have waited until Mary and Joseph were married,
So people wouldn't later accuse him of being a bastard.
Could have been born in a higher social class,
Could have belonged to the race in power,
Could have spoken to only his own people,
Could have not turned a lot of water into over 360 bottles of $50 wine at a party,
Could have waited a day or two--and not healed on the sabbath,
After all, what was one more day of suffering?
Could have not talked to so many women,
And not let them be the first witnesses of His Resurrection.
Could have had fewer meals with all those people whose lifestyle we won't condone,
Could have not actually cast demons out by name,
Could have not rebuked the esteemed religious leaders of the day,
Could have not challenged people quite so much,
So that he would have not been accused of blasphemy and murdered.
You know,
He should have followed the appropriate 'chain of command,'
and showed some respect.
He could have been more mindful of how things had always been done,
They were working so well.
God came,
In Person.
To show us a new way.
God's way. The Good Way.
The way of love and sacrifice.
Because we still had it wrong.
11/27/2015 --P Trice
