Haiku of inclusion and welcome
An angel told him:
take the wilderness road, south,
heading to Gaza.
Philip did as told,
not knowing who he would find.
He found a eunuch.
An important man,
the eunuch was heading home,
from Jerusalem.
In his chariot
reading Isaiah, puzzled
at what it might mean.
Do you understand?
Philip asked. I need someone
to guide me, he said.
Like a lamb, silent
before its shearer; this speaks
to us of Jesus.
They came to a pool.
What prevents my baptism?
the eunuch asked him.
He was baptised. The
Ethiopian entered
into God’s kingdom.
Outsider by race,
cut off in more ways than one;
he is made welcome.
© Ken Rookes 2024
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