This is an excellent free verse poem, Amethyst Angel.

Thank you for dealing with hard questions so honestly. "Do I worship a Man? Isn't that idolatry?" There is a conundrum here. If Jesus is merely a man, then it would be idolatry to worship him, but the reading of Scripture has convinced me that Jesus is 100% God, while at the same time being 100% Man. My mind can't grasp that with human logic. It is a conundrum.

If I believe John 14:6, KJV, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, but by me," then the 100% God/100% Man Truth I must believe, too, since this is how He presents himself. Logic holds court here. If Jesus is Truth, and truth cannot lie, then He can live the life of a human while being worshiped at the same time.

"Did He ever claim to be God Incarnate?" He did in John 14:6. "Did he really rise again?" 500 witnesses of His Resurrection in I Corinthians 15:6.

I could not know any of this without being transformed apart from any of my efforts. John 3:3, KJV, "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." I could not birth myself, physically, the first time. I could not birth myself, spiritually, the second time. We see the Divine Obstetrician.

Ezekiel 36:26-27, KJV, "26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them." My heart change came as the result of the operation of the Divine Cardiologist.

Your poem is great! I pray my words help you if you are in the process currently. I believe the Lord is working in your heart, since you sincerely demonstrate care about this subject.

If I can help, please let me know. For now, I'm praying for you. May the Lord truly bless you. Jay (aka "Stan")