imagine

Imagine
your brother is Peter
you are fisherman in Galilee
you grew up a devout Jew
learning the prayers from your father and mother
asking God to send the Messiah
false Messiahs are a common day experience
you start hanging out with the crazy prophet John
he eats Locust and wild honey
dresses like a mad man..
people still talk about the rumor of a baby born in Bethlehem,
but 30 years have turned it into another legend..
one day,
at the Jordan river..
John's cousin from Nazareth walks by..
John points at Him as if he had never seen Him before and yells..
"Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!"
You follow Him to where He is staying..
after hanging out for a few hours
something in your gut tells you it is true..
this is the One we have been praying for..
You run and tell Peter,
cause he'll know what to do..


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