The boy who hurt our daughter

The message of the scripture
ringing in my ear
with me last night
as I went to him

More clearly now
in her mother’s words
the compassion of Christ
changing my point of view

Love not anger
empathy not vengeance
forgiving the boy who hurt our daughter
the way of Christ, the cross

Hard to let go of pain
to stand in the feet of our enemy
but we are called to love
in the radical way of Christ

August 29, 2010
Luke 13:10-17
Hebrews 13:1-3, 5-6, 15-16
Psalm 112:1-4 (Call to Worship)
Worship Theme: “Treating others with compassion and love.”
and sermon, “I Love You!”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pastorruthfoss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
August 29, 2010
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
&
incident on the early evening of 8/28/2010
at Pembroke and Allenstown Old Home Day
where a youth crashed into the porta-potties
while Shanequa was in them, scaring her greatly
and confronting him afterward


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