AN INCONVENIENT CALL
(Matthew 16:21-28)
If Jesus issued
an inconvenient call
it seems no-one moved.
But then with Jesus
they traipsed all the dusty way
to Jerusalem.
They denied, then hid,
yet our own stories tell us
somehow they followed.
How do I respond
to Jesus’ call that remains
inconvenient?
Jeff Shrowder, 2017
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