They observed the warning faithfully.
Though they discussed what rising from the deaf could mean.
Sometimes we can get an insight prayerfully.
But then truth can in an instant be seen.

I was reading this passage in a quiet pew.
The Apostles were perplexed.
It seemed so natural and true.
Faith comes and goes unannounced.

You can argue faith rationally.
You can debate back and forth in your mind.
But then something happens naturally.
You lose, you search, you find.

For a moment I was with the Apostles talking.
On that mountain after the light, wondering.

Haiku

Insight comes slowly
Then suddenly it is found
In unlikely ways

[See Matthew 17:5]