In
this season starting
in
ashes and repentance
remembering
His sacrifice, His death
Reflecting
on our calling
our
lives for a purpose
to
love our neighbors, our enemies
even
as ourselves
as
Christ loved, loves, us
To
walk in our faith
to
be the shining light
remaining
the stuff of clay
and
the salt of the earth
Marked
by the cross
the
name of the Christ
ashes
on our foreheads
and
His name on our hearts
Defining
us by His walk
our
Shepherd before us
called
to love the world
and
to forgive our neighbors
Hard
to do in the dog-eat-dog
the
Horatio Alger world
but
easier when we remember
God’s
loving word
We
are unable by our works
to
redeem ourselves to God
needing
the sacrifice of Christ
His
blood poured on the cross
We
must be mindful
needing
His grace
sharing
the light of Christ
to
the ends of the earth.
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edited August 2,
2014
To love our
neighbors – v2
March 9, 2011
To love our neighbors
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