I HAVE LOST MY YOUNGER BROTHER
After Luke 15:18-19 and 21
(New King James Version)
My younger brother is
An abusive, arrogant rogue.
He has sinned and has sinned even more
Against heaven and before me,
And he is no longer worthy
To be called my brother.
The crimes he has committed against me
Over a period of many years --
Assault and battery,
Theft and vandalism --
And might someday commit against me could
Almost run the gamut from A to Z.
My younger brother is
An abusive, arrogant rogue.
He has sinned and has sinned even more
Against heaven and in my sight,
And is no longer worthy
To be called my brother.
Matthew 18:21-22
(New King James Version)
Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"
Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven."
A portrait of my kid brother R. (which could stand for rogue),
the (childish) brother whom I have lost
(Photo copyright 2005 Evelyn M. Gilmer)
