Jesus Was a Teacher

Jesus was a teacher
a walkin’ on the earth
rejected in his hometown
a stranger from his birth

God gave him just one task to do
to use his eyes to see
the misery along his path
and surrounding you and me

so Jesus went about his job
with something close to zeal
walking on the dusty trail
and stopping just to heal

he tried to teach us what to do
with beggar’s call to ear -
don’t act as if the call’s not heard
or shirk because of fear

but stop and look and use your heart
to see the person there
and flowing from your love for them
they’d heal from god’s own care

he did this more than just one time
in fact repeated o’er
until the message should have crept
into our conscious more

but still the question spoke aloud
“why trouble yourself so?”
and Jesus’d get real angry then
that man could stoop so low

So Jesus got to praying
and had a thought divine -
if they won’t see each other’s pain
then maybe they’ll see mine

The story is a sad one
full of pain and gore
but finally He did the job
that God had sent him for

So whenever now a cross is seen
it speaks a message clear -
don’t hide from pain or misery
but stop, and see, and hear

Help your brother and your sister
with their troubles old or new
and use your heart to heal their pain
as God commands us all to do