Who do you say.....

As I write I am preparing to go to Kippen Kirk Session and while considering the Bible Study Slot my mind turns to Matthew 16:13 when, at Caesaria Philippi, Jesus asks "Who do they say that I am?" the disiples make several suggestions. Then Jesus says "and you Who do you say that I am?"
Ialways find that so challenging.
Who do I say Jesus is?
Do I speak of Him at all?
When I do what do I say?

Elaine and I have 'met a friend' on the 'net called Tom Schumann; he calls himself a poet/priest he writes this: -

Q & A (matthew 16:13-20)

when it shows upon the test
('who do you say I am?')
i quickly flip open the book
and copy out the answers . . .f
or'Son of the living God'
has become a research paper
(hopefully expanding into
a dissertation)
with experts, writing
in several languages,
quoted to support my view,
but a real Person:
calling me to follow;
willing to open my shut mind;
hoping to send me out
to confront the powers
in my corner of the world?and
i have said'Lord'so many times
that i have lost count,but the instances
i have (actually,willingly, eagerly)
given you control of my life?
even if i include thethumb on my counting hand,
i still have several fingers
left over . . .so maybe i need
to close the book,
and open my self
to you.

(c) 2008 Thom M. Shuman