Following

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael asked him, "Where did you get to know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you." Nathanael replied, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man." John 1:43-51 

Following

In dance class the teacher would lead

and we would try to follow the steps

some student took to it quickly

and others went in crooked ways.

Awkward and attempting to understand

the Teacher tells us to follow and we wonder

whether this will be another failed attempt

to draw near to grace.

We are seen under our fig tree hiding place

we are known in our late night wakefulness

we are known in our fearfulness and anxiety

and as we are known we are called and loved.

Come on and follow the one who loves

the awkward, the friendless and the poor

who dances with the lame and the weak

and calls all of us into the center of the circle.