A
day to think about, to ponder
to
see the world, ourselves differently,
thinking
about the world anew
with
the eyes of Christ,
through
the eyes of sacrifice.
Thinking
about, pondering,
how
Christ would see inequality,
How
He would want us
to
treat our neighbors,
to
love them as He loves us.
Too
often, like the scribes, the wealthy,
we
give, not from our hearts;
but
from our brimming wallets,
out
of our abundance,
the
bits of extra, the surplus.
Not
giving all, risking little,
trusting
less, not trusting God
Not
at all like the widow who,
out
of faith, out of love,
gives
all to the Lord, upon the altar.
Even
her meager coins,
all
she has, trusting, given to God
out
of her poverty;
But
really, out of her wealth
her
rich, deep, abiding faith.
More
than we can give,
for
if we were like her,
with
the abundance of this land
the
riches beyond our daily needs
if
we saw Christ in our neighbor’s face.
If
we saw our Savior
among
the least of these,
poverty
would be no more
and
inequality would be eliminated
from
the face of this earth.
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edited
April 1, 2015
Out
of Our Abundance – Blog Action Day – v4
(editing
version 3)
edited
February 2, 2015
Out
of Our Abundance – Blog Action Day – v3
(merging
edits to version 2 and version 1)
edited
October 16, 2014
Out
of Our Abundance – Blog Action Day – v2
October
11, 2008
Out
of Our Abundance – Blog Action Day
November
18, 2007 and November 20, 2007 8:55am
Out
of Our Abundance
Luke
20:45-21:4
The
scribe and the widow’s offering
part
of the sermon, “The Widow’s Might”,
by
the Reverend Peter Hey
Wesley
United Methodist Church,
Concord,
NH, November 18, 2007
October
15, 2008
Blog
Action Day, poverty
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