When you were young

 on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 2:46am

Jesus if you could, what would you tell me of you childhood
Did you turn the other cheek when the bullies came to you
A sweet child, straight from God, full of His holy love
What did you do when the grown ups looked at you and told you
You were to young.
What would you think when you saw someone bullied and hurt
Would righteous anger seize you and then others would call you the bully
not understanding, not listening.

How did you defend yourself when others would not listen
When the adults would say to you, who do you think you are
Did they scoff and call you names
Did the rich in the town look down on you as a dirty ruffian
What was it like to be the holy child in a small town
Did they gossip about your mom and tell you she was pregnant
Before she was with your father
Did they call you names and try to make you feel less than what you are

Did they look at you and only see where you earthly home was
How long did it take to grow into their esteem
And how many even then refused to believe
What was it like when the time to marry came and went.
What did they say, how was your courting time spent

When the men embraced you from the temple ready to fill your eager mind
What did the other boys think and how did they treat you? were they kind?

When you were very little toddling around your father's shop
Did you make a mess and spill the nails, or take and use his tools
Did Joseph lose his temper not understanding you
Did Mary worry needlessly about your every step

Did you brothers and sisters follow you or were they jealous
Did they wonder where you came from, were you very different from them.
Were you coddled because you were God's own Son.
Or neglected because they knew you were good why the others needed more care
Were you sickly and struggling or healthy and gangling
Did you eat everything on your plate
Did you ever get a time out or meet a switch
Did you jump in mud puddles and climb trees
Did you enjoy your childhood or contemplate what you must do.

Was it hard to learn your words or did learning come easy to you
Did you skin you knees, chase butterflies and bees
Did you roll in grass and catch fish by a stream
Did you babysit your brothers and sisters
Did you read to them, laugh and play with them

Jesus what was it like to live in our world
wearing the skin of man but having the heart, mind and soul of God
were you ever tempted to just go home and forget it.
when did you first understand that you would die
Did you always know.  As you laid in you bed as a wee baby.
Did you know you were going to take all sin upon your body

I was wondering knowing your body would have to take so much at the end
Did you fight a lot a way to toughen up you skin
Were you battered and bruised from other children
Or was your work as a carpenter enough to help you endure the pain to come

What was it like for you when you were very young?