Luke 4

On Luke 4

Is this not Joseph’s son?

Wonder and bewilderment

Is he not one of us?

How can one be so special?

Jesus answered with stories of special ones

The problem arises when we

do not believe he is special

That one can be different than others

But I believe

I have felt his difference

He has touched my heart

Made it burn

I believe not only in his specialness

But in mine

I can be like him

I can touch other’s hearts

I believe in everyone’s ability to be special

To become as he is

Because of Him

Witness of divine potentials

We, in embryo now

Become like our mother, our father

Is it then so special that God could walk among us?

Is Joseph’s son, the promised Messiah

Any harder than accepting

Our own divine spark

To treat other as Jesus taught

To believe that they are children of God too

Is that not why Jesus asked us to become like him by

Mourning with that that mourn

Comforting those that  stand in need of comfort

Roles he proclaimed for himself

And also for us