NOT LOOKING BACK
(Luke 9:51-62)
They heard the Teacher:
an invitation, “Follow me”.
Some hesitated.
Loose ends to tie up,
family relationships,
burying the dead.
Appropriate acts
but they may unsettle, thwart
our following him.
Day by day by day
focus on the Way ahead
not what’s behind us.
Jeff Shrowder, 2022
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