To Be Included

All, yes all, to be included
to share in the one blessing, salvation
not a select few, a people separate
All are to be offered God’s grace
filling them all with the Spirit
living the life of the Master
sharing the savior’s message
All are members of the covenant
written with his blood
no more are they Jew and Gentile
all now the children of Abraham
the brothers and sisters of Christ
all to be included
in the ever-growing family

November 9, 2008
Acts 15:1-19 and
sermon, “We Are One”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
Suncook United Methodist Church