A newbie in town, clearly not from around here, he wasn’t welcomed with open arms, but suspicion and fear.
He made his way,working hard for little pay.
He didn’t need much, just food and a place to stay
On Sundays he went to church but never the same one and the people said “how odd! just pick one and be done!”
He was heard telling townsfolk “this isn’t right, this isn’t the way” and the congregations declared him a danger “he’s leading people astray”
He stood with the marginalized and walked hand in hand, as they marched to be heard. The churches declared him a formidable foe, a servant of the devil , the lowest of low.
“Where are you from and why are you here?”, they asked him one day, “Show us your papers or we’ll have you taken away!”
“The clothes you’re wearing don’t fit the norm, you’re promoting defiance, consider yourself warned!
Our Savior is coming imagine what he’ll say when he sees you carrying on and acting this way! Get yourself right with God by following our lead, we’re your only hope, we are what you need.”
He shook his head and calmly stated, “Did your savior not die for ALL he created? Did he not tell you judge not, to leave it to him? Why is my love angering you so? Why do you use his name in vain, by the hatred you sow?”
The audacity shocked them and fueled their fire! “How dare this nobody question our faith, how dare he tell us what OUR savior requires!”
Laws were passed and the witchhunt began, to rid the town of all who were not like them. “It’s a matter of safety, it’s for the greater good, we must protect our people in this neighborhood.”
So he, and those he stood with, were forced to leave, or face persecution from those who “believe”.
Time passed on and the town was quiet. A like minded haven for the truly “faithful”.

Years later the Savior DID come and as people across the world, so did the townspeople drop to their knees. Blinded by his light they could not see, they whispered to each other, “our time has come we drove out the heathens, so happy our Lord will be!”
When finally he spoke his words confused…”Why have you forsaken me?” And the townspeople gasped…”but Lord we have made our town clean all here are worthy!” They cried in rebuke. And his reply came as the brightness subsided and their eyes were opened. In front of them stood the newbie they’d run out of town …

“I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.”