BLIND BARTIMAEUS (IMPROMTU - NO NOTES)
A HOPELESS BEGGAR
SON OF (BAR) TIMAEUS
- NO NAME (UNWANTED BY MOTHER)
- BLIND
- NO WASHED FACE OR BODY
- NO COMBED HAIR OR BEARD
- BEGGAR
- PERHAPS SOME SKILL (COULDN'T USE, BEING BLIND)
STILL A PAUPER
- LIFE ON THE STREET
- NO LASTING FAMILY OR FRIENDS ON THE STREET
- NO HOPE FOR HIM
HE FOUND JESUS
CRIES OUT (THE ONLY THING HE COULD DO)
- PEOPLE TELL HIM TO SHUT UP
- HE CRIES LOUDER
JESUS SAYS "COME TO ME"
- THE PEOPLE TELL HIM TO GO TO JESUS
- HE THROWS DOWN HIS CLOAK AND GOES
JESUS ASKS HIM WHAT HE WANTS
"TO SEE!" "TO LIVE!"
- NO MORE BEGGING
- NO MORE ON THE STREET
- NO MORE POVERTY
- A CHANCE FOR A FAMILY
- A CHANCE TO MAKE MY LIFE COUNT
JESUS HEALS HIM
- HE SEES!
- HE LEAVES ALL HE HAS (CLOAK)
- HE FOLLOWS JESUS ON THE ROAD
THE ROYAL ROAD FROM JERICHO
- THAT ROAD LEADS TO JERUSALEM
- TO THE CROSS
- TO THE TOMB
- TO THE RESURRECTION !
- TO THE THRONE OF GOD!
WE ARE ALL BLIND BARIMAEUS
- SONS OF LOST MEN
- NO NAME (UNWANTED BY THE WORLD)
- TO GOD WE LOOK JUST LIKE HIM
- NOT CLEAN
- NOT NEAT OR PRETTY
- WE ARE ALL BEGGARS BEFORE GOD
- PERHAPS SOME SKILL OR SMARTS
WE ARE STILL PAUPERS
- NO DIFFERENT THAN LIFE ON THE STREET
- NO LASTING FAMILY OR FRIENDS
- NO HOPE AT ALL FOR US
WE FIND JESUS
WE MUST CRY OUT (THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO)
- PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU TO SHUT UP
- YOU MUST CRY LOUDER
JESUS WILL ALWAYS SAY TO YOU, "COME"
- THE CHURCH TELLS YOU TO GO TO JESUS
- THROW DOWN YOUR OLD LIFE AND GO!
JESUS KNOWS YOU AND YOUR WANTS
"TO SEE!" "TO LIVE!"
- NO POOR BEGGAR - BUT A SON!
- NO STREET LIFE - BUT A HOME IN HEAVEN!
- NO POVERTY - BUT ETERNAL RICHES!
- NOW YOU ARE IN A FAMILY!
- NOW YOUR LIFE COUNTS!
JESUS WILL HEAL YOU
- YOU WILL SEE! LIFE WILL HAVE MEANING!
- YOU MUST LEAVE ALL YOU HAVE
- FOLLOW JESUS ON THE ROAD
- THE ROAD FROM JERICHO
- THE CHURCH IS THE ROYAL ROAD
- IT LEADS TO YOUR JERUSALEM
- IT LEADS TO YOUR CROSS
- IT LEADS TO YOUR GRAVE
- IT LEADS TO YOUR RESURRECTION !
- IT LEADS TO YOUR THRONE WITH GOD!
COME, THROW OFF YOUR OLD EMPTY LIFE. FOLLOW JESUS AND LIVE.