What went ye out into the Wilderness to see ?
a man rich beyond measure
yet sharing the ordinary everyday ,
of those who sought and found
to some degree an unassuming kindness ,
an empathy without affectation
not to be found in trumpeted fanfares ,
but in a heart graced by
a shared Spirit and sustaining belief ,
leading and part of those led ,
alone
unadorned
unique
therein the sufficiency of a promise fulfilled
of a life well led ,
What went ye out into the Wilderness to see ?
a kid *
shoeless.*
( Footnotes: On Saturday 12 October,2013,Destiny Church Wakefield
is celebrating Pastor Ian Critchley’s 40th.year in the Ministry,
his 24th.year of leading a Church in Wakefield and his 60th.
birthday ! The last two words of the above poem affixed with *
relate to Ian’s experience as a child when his dad tried to
prevent his going to a local church by hiding his shoes. )