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Topic: Illustrate the meaning of "A Man is Known by the Company He Keeps" (without using the actual phrase). (01/31/08)
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TITLE: The Man With The Words | Previous Challenge Entry
By Melanie Kerr
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They swarm in my head and tear me apart
I say to myself, “What does this man know?
What right does he have to challenge me so?”
We all saw the woman, we knew of her kind
To all the commandments and laws she was blind
Her body defiled by the men she seduced
“An immoral harlot!” at once we deduced
She stood by his side, wept tears of disgrace
We watched for a sign of disgust on his face
Her tears cascaded, poured over his feet
He sat and he watched and he didn’t retreat
She wiped up her tears with strands of her hair
Ignoring our outrage, as if we weren’t there
Her lips on his feet, the perfume she poured
The sweet scented fragrance could not be ignored
“If God really sent him, he’d know of her sin
He’d know of the men and the places she’d been.”
“He’d know that this sinner so close to his side
Could never draw close or in heaven reside.”
“I’ve something to say,” he spoke out my name
And listening I felt a stirring of shame
A story of two men who took out a loan
To both grace was given and mercy was shown
The first debt forgiven a vast, huge amount
The second so small, a few coins to count
“Which man would love him? The one who’d owed more
In gratitude he would bow down and adore.”
So gently he chided for all I’d not done
Of courtesy, manners, respect – I’d shown none
The woman I judged had met every need
While I had looked on and scorned every deed
He spoke to the woman, “Child, I forgive.”
She left the room joyful, a new life to live
I’m left with a feeling that somehow I failed
My spirit transfixed, on his words impaled
I’ve spent too much time, with people like me
Blinded by pride and unable to see
My heart is so callous, so cold, so like stone
Just like the people and friends that I’ve known
Perhaps there’s another encounter for me
With Jesus, the man with the words that set free
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