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This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of Luke 2: 25-35 from the point of view of Simeon.
Simeon: Waiting a Lifetime
Luke 2: 25-35
Waiting. It is all I seem to do nowadays. To come to this most holy of places and wait. But it was not always like this. I use to travel. My work took me from place to place all over Judea, and even into Samaria. But there, being a Jew, the business was hard.
But now I am an old man. Far too old to travel about the place. Now it takes me all my time to struggle here to Solomon’s great Temple. Here I sit in the precincts and wait. The warm suns heats an old man’s body and eases the aches of the years. The priests and scribes know me and stop to share a word when their duties permit. And there are always people coming and going who need a little help to find their way through the complexity of this place.
In between I’ll wait. My family they think I’m stupid. In these the autumn days of my life they want me to be with them, so that they can look after me. Look after me Fuss over me they mean, make themselves useful so that I’ll promise them something of what I have when I die. They don’t listen. They don’t understand when I tell them it’s all about the promise.
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