REVERSE THEOLOGY

The first shall be last ....
Sorry! The pay is the same, no matter
what time you enter the vineyard ....
Lost sheep, coins, and children are found ....
Rocks and sins are dropped ....
When insulted, turn the other cheek ….

When needed, go the extra mile….

Give the shirt off your back ....

Forgive seventy times seven times ….

Sometimes there are weeds

that grow along with the wheat!

Get used to them….

Plant mustard seeds ….

Blessed are the poor in spirit ….

The treasure, the pearl, is there,

so keep searching. If you’re wise,

or if you're blessed, you’ll find it ….

God is not what you expect ….

God starts as a baby ….
God is Jewish with a name "Jesus" ....

God ends up as if a criminal on a cross ….

In the meanwhile, God walks around as

a king who washes feet 
and allows a woman to wash his feet
and dry them with her hair .... Now
that's different - and add some perfume ....
God pushes peace and in the meanwhile
don't miss the birds of the air - and 
smell the flowers in the fields ....
Jesus  feeds the hungry with bread and fish ….

Serves the best wine last ….

The crazies know who he is ….

Those with their nose in the air don’t….

Reads faces, eyes, minds, hearts ….

Heals the blind, the lame, and the deaf….

Eats with sinners and dines with them….

A carpenter who knows where the fish are ….

Someone who knew what love really is:

giving yourself like you’re bread -

so others can eat you up - and as a

result we can all be in communion

with each other…. and surprise,

you better get used to this one:

for wine to become wine,

you’re going to be crushed….

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2014