Anyone different
like Mary before us
in the dust at our feet
looking up at Jesus
An indictment, now as then,
if we deign to judge another
all of us lost sheep
estranged from our Master
Christ alone
by his sacrifice given
bridging the gap
caused by our failing
Who are we to judge
when we too are fallen
in the death of our sin
only rising with Jesus
May 26, 2011
in part inspired by conversations with
the Reverend John Makokha
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=556451505
Riruta United Methodist Church
http://rirutaumc.homestead.com
http://www.rmnetwork.org/
Other Sheep Afrika-Kenya http://www.othersheep.org/OSEA_CL_Other_Sheep_Kenya.html
Children of Africa Hope Mission Project in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. http://rirutaumc.homestead.com/children_of_africa.html
&
Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the Goats
&
Matthew 28:18-20
Great Commission
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Mary Before Us
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