Queen of Sheba, Searching

  
“This generation seeks a sign,”
that is – we the Living,
with souls immersed in sense,
as we approach the Infinite
ask for  SOMETHING  here and now,
either Without or Within, to echo divine emanation
 
      Something that may or may not condemn,  [i]
      some THING to show us
     THE GREAT I AM
 

“No sign will be given…except the sign of Jonah,”
Jesus said:  he preached God’s Word for Nineveh,
– enough for Ninevites to hear, believe and change,
to count possessions less than dust and ashes,
fasting from squandered time, to call on God,
leaving their violent will and evil path.
 
      Nineveh with Word from Jonah will condemn  [ii]
      for there is SOMETHING GREATER here:
      I AM THE WAY
 
 
“From the ends of the earth to hear Solomon’s wisdom,”
the Queen of Sheba came, to test hard questions –
Solomon’s renown calling across the world’s desert –
she sought an end for curiosity or yearning.
And nothing was too hard for Solomon,
she found he had exceeded all reports.
 
     The Queen with Solomon’s Wisdom will condemn  [iii]
     for there is SOMETHING GREATER here:
     I AM THE TRUTH
 

“Jews demand signs
and Greeks look for wisdom,”
says Paul, “but we preach Christ crucified.”
The “weakness of God
and foolishness of God”   [iv]
confound those seeking in wrong places
but beckon hearts that wish to see and hear.
 
     Eternal compassion WILL NOT CONDEMN  [v] 
     any who ask for bread – “Will I give you a stone?”  
     I AM THE LIFE  
 
     ( K.L. – thanks for:  Adventure of Faith by Shraddha Liertz, 2013)
 
[i]   1 Corinthians 1:22-23,  St. Paul says  –
“Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles….”   

[ii]   Luke 11: 29-32,  Jesus says   – 
“This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation .... At the Judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.”  

[iii]   Luke 11: 29-32, Jesus continues –
“At the Judgment the queen of the South will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here.”  

[iv]   1 Corinthians 1: 25,  St. Paul says  –
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” 

[v]   Matthew 7: 8-9, Jesus says  – 
“For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds;  and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.  Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread?”