April 27th

"'You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" But I say to you,'" Matthew 5:38-39a

perhaps it is the
eye which sees 

the other as enemy

which we need to 

pluck out,

maybe it is the 

tooth we would use

to bite another with

our hate which we

need to extract,

might it be the hand

we easily use to push

away those who only

want justice from us

which we need to lose.

what say you, Jesus?

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

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