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Jeen
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0 posted 2001-10-10 10:04 AM


(This is the second poem in a series of letters from Thomas to Paul--I posted the first one in August.)

Dear Paul

You are right
I should not care
what others say
but I always have

I don't feel
I am asking
the apostles to lie
but I understand
how it might
appear that way

What if
they only omitted
one detail
that I asked
to stick my fingers
through the holes
in Jesus's hands
before believing
He had resurrected

It was one
of those things
I said in haste
looking back
I wondered why
I acted so foolishly

I can't see any purpose
in recording my behavior
for all history to see
but as you said
God has plans
we are not privy to

Did you know Mary
the sister of Lazarus
passed away

Her funeral
was lovely
Peter and John
sang a duet

Martha did not go
although I heard
Mary's husband
raised money for her
to take a bus

Somehow
she missed it
I don't know why

Signed
Thomas (Didymus)


Jeen



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1 posted 2001-10-10 06:12 PM


You have made the happenings of those times so real!  I really enjoyed this. Thanks.

Betty Lou Hebert

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2 posted 2001-10-13 12:09 PM


Jeen, this is a marvelous effort.  I must look for the one done back in August!  Thank you!
sunshinemist
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3 posted 2001-10-13 06:04 PM


Jeen, thank you, that was lovely.  

smiles ~Marie~

Keep the Faith

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4 posted 2001-10-13 06:23 PM


You make the Bible characters so contemporary and so real.  thank you.  Joyce
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