Come and See
Epiphany 2; Isaiah 49:1-7; John 1:29-42
When Jesus read the Servant’s Songs
he understood what he must be,
God’s servant: formed in mother’s womb,
in life and death, his destiny.
John named him as the Son of God,
the Lamb of God who bears our pain.
John saw God’s Spirit like a dove
descend on Jesus and remain.
Yes, like all those who follow him,
I am invited: ‘Come and see!”
“What are you looking for?” he says.
I ponder now what that might be.
Let me receive his grace and peace!
Perhaps I need simplicity,
acceptance of uncertainty,
the trust to face mortality.
When he invites me: “Come and see!”
I see him face his death and pain,
accepting, yet in anguished prayer,
as human as I must remain.
He never lived to face old age,
but I don’t doubt he understands:
time comes when I know I must leave
works, hopes and lives in others’ hands.
I follow still and while I can
I ask the Spirit to reveal
in what I write the truth of Christ
that through me he can teach and heal.
Barbara Messner 15/01/2026
Barb, poet priest 