236. New Ways To Think
In Luke 18:1-8, there is the parable of the unjust judge. In 1995 I wrote a song for church school curriculum about the persistent widow who kept coming wanting justice.
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She Never Gave Up
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There is a story about a city
Where a judge did not fear God or give respect
And came a woman who wanted justice
And she went to the judge again and again
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The judge was stubborn, and kept refusing
When she said “Grant me justice, do it today.”
He finally wore out, ‘cause she kept coming,
And she learned to persist and not to lose heart.
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Oh how she kept on, she didn’t give up,
And she never, oh never, never gave up,
Oh how she kept on, she didn’t give up
And she didn’t, she didn’t ever lose heart.
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She kept on and she never gave up.
She kept on and she never gave up.
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© Copyright 1995 by Ann Freeman Price
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Now the interesting question is whether this parable is about prayer and the need to persist—or whether it is about justice—or whether it could be about both. See tomorrow’s posting for version #2.
