The thief on
the right side
understood
the gravity
of the moment.
Maybe he had
heard Jesus
teach or seen
Jesus do a miracle.
He had somehow
connected the dots.
He understood
so deeply who
Jesus was.
We listen to
the thief's final
recorded words.
It is a poignant plea.
Jesus, remember me
when you come
into Your Kingdom.
A nine-word prayer.
It was not a grand
theological statement,
and it might have
been the only prayer
this thief ever
prayed in his life,
yet it demonstrated
that he had a
clear view in
his heart of
who Jesus was.
(Graphic: Jane OBrien
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This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem