Looking for Grace

in his coming toward me,
feeling that I should stop
set down my tools
welcome him, his son
to this place
this foreign land
this strange,
brother before me
somehow I knew
he was looking for grace
for a sign, a word of welcome
a safe place of refuge, of love here


November 25, 2009
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/from-the-print-edition/lepers-in-our-midst/
Alive Now Daily Reflections,
“Lepers in Our Midst”,
by Pastor Pam Watkins
November 25, 2009
&
meeting a family new to the area
while cutting the hedges on Fall Cleaning Day
by Pastor Ruth Foss
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Suncook, NH
November 21, 2009


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