February 5th

"See, my servant shall prosper;
   he shall be exalted and lifted up,
and shall be very high.” Isaiah 52:13

your portfolio was 

those scraps of paper

filled with notes about

grace, love, justice no one

wants to hear.
your mode of transportation

was a pair of scraggly sandals

under legs wearied by too

many miles on lonely roads.
you made your mark 

by collecting all the folks

in your neighborhood that 

everyone avoided at all costs.
daring to be the sort

who saw washing the feet

of others as the highest calling,

no one thought you would

amount to much.

your one shining moment

came when you were

nailed to a wooden beam

before being lowered

into a shadowed tomb.
and

for God,

that was more than enough.

(c) 2025 Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman