He's Radical! This Jesus

He's really radical

this Jesus

when we think of righteous

we often think of law

of rules

and of course

of trying to obey them

which we don't

at least not very well

Ah those pesky 10 Commandments

ah the moral code of God

but Jesus goes far beyond

the boundaries and rules set in the Old Testament

paradoxically he moves beyond all boundaries

and insists

we not only do the logical

and reasonable

but to do what from  a human perspective might well be seen

as illogical and unreasonable

like take care of the sinners

the losers

the vulnerable

the weak

I don't think many of us who call ourselves  Christians 

quite get this

in fact, in America right now its quite the opposite

Christianity, or at least parts of it

have become the champions of judgment 

and harshness

budgets and laws 

scream loudly

'you who are needy,

 you who are poor

 you who are addicted

 you who have made bad choices.....'

YOU deserve nothing

no love

no help

and we side with those who "have"

and indeed reward

indifference

and yet there Jesus is 

that radical

saying

"what we do to others, even the least of the others, we do to God" 

Heaven, I think we have a problem!