February 26, 2010
Mark 2:13-22
13Jesus went out again beside the sea; the whole crowd gathered around him, and he taught them. 14As he was walking along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 15And as he sat at dinner in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus and his disciples—for there were many who followed him. 16When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.”
The scribes sat in comfortable pews
condemning those on the outside.
Jesus went out to knock down the walls
to be with those the scribes wished to hide.
The scribes among us haven’t changed
our judging of those whom we don’t approve
while Jesus points out our shortcoming
by helping those outside to improve.
The sick aren’t healed while doctors help the well
rather than reach out to those who are ill.
We are called to go into the streets
helping them find things that fulfill.
It’s easy to be a scribe today
by turning judgment from self to others
and in closing our doors to those outside
we avoid our sisters and brother.
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Be always safe,
Karen