Haiku for those who are called.
They came enquiring:
Who gave you authority
that you do these things?
He does not answer.
Was the Baptist sent from God?
he asks in return.
It is a stand-off.
They refuse to answer him;
he will not tell them.
Instead a story.
A father asks his two sons
to work the vineyard.
The first answers: No.
But later has second thoughts,
works among the vines.
The second says: Yes,
(to keep the old man quiet).
But he never fronts.
Which one, asks Jesus,
did the will of his father?
They reply: the first.
Stop your pretending!
How can you do what God wants
when you won’t listen?
The ratbag sinners,
who you dismiss as worthless,
believed what John said.
You still won’t believe.
These sinners go before you
into God’s kingdom.
©
Ken Rookes 2017
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