Yogi Berra, the brilliant baseball player, reportedly said, “When
you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
Robert Frost’s poem "The Road Not Taken", describes
making a decision when coming to a fork in the road.
Frost’s poem discusses emotions that come with facing decisions,
and how choices can often lead regrets or wondering what could have happened
differently.
Frost implies making a wrong, regrettable choice, is
unchangeable, so we must choose wisely.
In Capernaum, Jesus is teaching about his death and
resurrection when an argument develops among the disciples about position,
status, and greatness.
The disciples haven’t’ paid attention to what Jesus taught and
they watched, his vision for the needy.
Instead, they’re arguing about power and status as a benefit
for being a disciple of Jesus.
Jesus hears this tells them God’s new kingdom is different.
Jesus reteaches his kingdom lessons by taking a child – a first
century image of property – sets it among them, takes it I his arms and says, “Whoever
wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”
Jesus’ road is treating the most marginalized with care and
respect.
When we come to the fork in Jesus’ road, when we encounter
the vulnerable, the ignored Jesus calls us to share his road of love.
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