Plucking Grain On The Sabbath

Context

One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. And the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” And he said to them,

The Saying

“Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” And he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.” (Mark 2, 25-28)

A Choice

a familiar theme
not being tied to edicts
bound by convention

the easier way...
to adhere to someone’s rules
hide in ritual

the difficult way...
discover what is within
the trove of wisdom

the easy way bunch
so often burdened by guilt
suffer from scruples

those who dare to plunge
live a life of solitude
find a wondrous path

with no yoke of shame
they reap the harvest within
and live in freedom

Inspired by The Radical Sayings of Jesus