"A Lone, Lonely Voice" - An Inspirational Poem
"A lone, lonely voice"
Mark 10:47-48 KJV – “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.”
“Jesus stood still.”
A lone voice
in a sea of thousands
caused the Majesty of Heaven …
to pause.
One lonely voice.
Among thousands.
How? Why?
A true miracle.
The ultimate paradox!
A blind man who sees,
Among watchers with no sight!
“Jesus, thou Son of David,
have mercy on me!”
A blind man sees
his Messiah and King!
While thousands bright-eyed
could not see a thing!
The crowd heard his plea,
tried to silence his voice.
Bartimaeus cried louder ––
faith had made its choice.
His heart moved with compassion;
Christ called out his name.
To the blind man of faith,
the divine answer finally came.
Such great faith!
Such great blindness!
They heard His Word,
saw great works of kindness.
But …
He called to Bartimaeus
and cured his blindness.
And still ...
they didn’t believe.
-Christian Sidney
