In All the People that We Meet

None of them truly strangers
just new neighbors
the face of Christ present
in all the people that we meet

Offer our gifts
our hand in friendship
seek out ways to serve
our neighbors in need

No longer strangers
if we see them as family
more distant cousins
branches on our tree

Christ within them
no less than me
each of us worthy
because Christ climbed the tree

How should we respond
to the gift of salvation
listening to Christ’s words of judgment
maybe a great start

January 2, 2011
Matthew 25:31-46
and
Upper Room Disciplines for 2011
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=831781
for January 1 and 2, 2011
“Epiphany’s Light”
by Anna Lee
for January 2, 2011
read January 2, 2011

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