Signs and Wonders

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*Dedicated to Joel Osteen


Tony: Yo Jesus yo Jesus yo son!

Jesus: .....of God?

Tony: y-yeah-ye-ye-y-yeah! Yo check dis son! You saying to me, that you want me to perform signs and wonders?

Jesus: precisely, my son

Tony: whaaaaaattttt? So like, so like, so like you mean yous a fixing for me to walk on water son? Raise the dead, heal the sick?

Jesus (nodding): uh—huh

Tony (giddy): woooorddddd? Yo son, yo son, that is doooopppppeeee, son!

Mark 16:17-18
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover

------------/Signs and Wonders (Jesus Words' to His Disciples Regarding Performing Miracles)

Sit with me for a minute dust off
your sandals
smell the night air and look at the crescent moon in the sky
feel the wind and close your eyes and focus your dreams
for the prophets said
[the virgin shall be with child,
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good.
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good,
the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings]
and all my life I have pondered these things
what is the land that we abhor, and who are these two kings
but the land of mediocrity, accepted and the kings of doubt;
of suffering
hearing pained screams from blind Jews removed too far
from hope
for religious leaders to reach them, Sadducees inept
Pharisees embroiled in scandal, supercilious
erected barricades of religious customs, superfluous
while boys demon possessed toss themselves into open flames
the braggadocio of bad belligerent demons
cocky yet unrestrained, overconfident and basically coddled
by the arms of a jaded society
(if you ask me)
and women have menstrual cycles ever flowing, banning
them forever from civil society crying to doctor after doctor for help
but only walking away attended by their own echoes
I hate running from things, ask my mother I'm clumsy at times
especially if it makes more sense to stand and fight, you know?
and what is evil and what is good
but to expel what is negligible and embrace the pleasant
its not about morality but compassion, and not about
revenge but peace
man was meant to live out his days full of joy
not pining and wasting away in hard sweat and toil
full of misery, mistrust and misunderstanding
dubious laughter masking hatred
of work of family and even his own soul
in this regard calming wayward waves isn't so abnormal
or its desire outlandish (if it banishes angst)
spitting in mud to restore sight seems more practical
more humane
than gloom and feeling forever forsaken
and walking on water proves more to the human psyche
than sinking in its own fears, shying from adversity
that you can have your best existence
now
that life is about fighting for quality over quantity
that its okay to pick up venomous snakes
(a metaphor for the old corrupted ethos, the slave's mentality)
while you make headway to heal the sick
and its okay to open your eyes and believe this new truth
that the former rulers have fled before you
and signs and wonders are the two new kings whom the prophets foretold
would take their place and reclaim the land
of man's heart
no longer believing the lie it was born to die