4. His Followers' Disappointments
Taken from The Things He Carried
contributor: SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
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THE THINGS HE CARRIED
4. His Followers’ Disappointments
He carried his followers’ disappointments. You see, they thought he was going to be a different sort of king.
Heaven knows, he had tried. He had tried to etch eternity into the stubborn humanity of those who followed him, but now nearly all of them have abandoned him. Through eyes smarting with grief and narrowed by pain he looks out to see who will listen to the truth that is revealed in his death and there is hardly anyone there: just John, faithful, beloved John. He is still standing. He can also see his mother. She is bent over in grief, her body...
Taken from The Things He Carried by Stephen Cottrell.
Published by SPCK
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