The man who lived in Galilee

Two thousand years ago,

Lived life like humble, lowly folk;

To riches he said “No.”

He owned no house; he wrote no book;

Did not invent a thing!

He lead no army into war.

Taught outcasts how to sing.

The man who lived in Galilee

Two thousand years ago,

Did not obey the temple law;

He scorned the status quo;

He was not of the ruling class;

He did not covet fame;

Instead he mixed with those ‘unclean’,

Whose lives were full of shame.

This man who lived in Galilee

Two thousand years ago,

Points to a new humanity

Where love has constant flow;

His life revealed what love can do;

He did not want to die;

But when he did his death proclaimed

That love will never die.

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George Stuart