When the lost are found

Haiku of welcome and celebration

He welcomes sinners,

this fellow, and eats with them.

He must be a fraud.

As was Jesus' wont,

he told them all a story;

driving home his point.

Of his hundred sheep

the shepherd finds one missing,

goes to search for it.

A second story:

a woman loses a coin,

searches high and low.

When the lost are found

there is a great rejoicing;

also in heaven.

The small and the lost,

these, too, are valued by God;

and much loved also.

© Ken Rookes 2016

sower

Sower

The middle-eastern farmer

casting seed in the manner

of his ancestors

hopes for a good return

that the family may be fed.,

the creditors paid,

and enough grain be laid aside

that a crop may be planted

next year.

A hundredfold!

Yes, indeed; that

would be most acceptable.

This messenger from God,

casting seed in the manner

of his own strange choosing,

hopes for a good return

that the hungry might be fed,

sinners be forgiven,

and new life burst forth

in a harvest of joy and

generosity.

A hundredfold!

How would we ever cope?

Rev Ken rookes