What Kind of Fool?

“If you do not become a little child,
you will not have my kingdom,” Jesus said.
Must I be childlike, humble, meek and mild?
I want to be my own strong man instead.

My leader is a Pope who washes feet,
and then he stoops and kisses their feet too;
must I be servant to the poor I meet,
Christ, end up looking like a fool for You?

You said, “Come follow Me, take up your cross,”
for love of me, You let them strike Your face;
O Lord, my cross seems more an albatross,
not like it’s “light and sweet” and full of grace.

A child, a fool, a cross, God, should I be
a Christian when it takes so much of me?

                    -- by Pete Voelz       5/17/13