"My Ears Had Heard of You ..."

(Mark 10:46-52)

We can be found

along life’s road …

disciples who have 'seen',

followers who rebuke,

one of many in a

muttering crowd,

overlooking (or stepping over)

the one,

the beggar

whose only possessions

are faith and hope

and a name

that is covered

with the dust

of his or her days.

A dusty faith whispers,

“My ears have heard of you, O LORD …

my ears have heard of you.”

How many shouts

from the roadside

have been the very cries

heard that day …

“JESUS, SON OF DAVID,

HAVE MERCY ON ME …

SON OF GOD,

HAVE MERCY ON ME!”

A stepped-over hope whispers,

“My ears have heard of you, O LORD..

my ears have heard of you.”

There is no contentment

in hearing alone.

The implications are great

and costly for us all

in the one answered question …

“What would I have you do for me?

I WANT TO SEE!”

And the one

who has answered the question

declares with certainty of sight,

“My ears had heard of you, O LORD,

but now my eyes have seen you!”

He is any one of us

who have now 'seen' ...

those who have new sight

are beggars no more

for there are riches in Love

and great wealth

to be found

in such witness

of ears that had heard

and eyes that now see.