We always think of King Herod as an evil maniac, which he was, but have you ever though of how he must have felt?
{Warning: I was watching Fiddler On the Roof this week.}
A new king?
Outrageous! Unheard of!
In Bethlehem?
Absurd!
Unthinkable!
What did they say?
To WORSHIP-
To worship- this babe?
A different king?
Blasphemous things!
They think they can
unveil this birth?
Unthinkable!
Unpolitical!
How do I make them
STOP?
Subtly!
Immediately!
Unleashed yet unexpectedly!
Aha! I shall tell them
To tell me
Where he lays
and then I’ll go
and all the world
will know
that I am the king
who reigns.
…..
Unacceptable!
Unthinkable!
The wise men I tricked
Detected my trick
and tricked me by
taking a different trip!
Those tricky treacherous tricksters!
Untruthful!
Untrickable!
Unthinkable!
How can I regain my reign-
a king?
A babe?
Messiah?
In Bethlehem?!
Unthinkable!
Dangerous!
I must keep my throne-
it is mine! And mine alone!
Undefeatable !
Unchallenged!
I’ll tell my men
to kill
every child
every male.
The people will be wild
but-
A child?
A new king?
Absurd!
Unthinkable!
Thoughts From a Tree 