Our Example

April 23, 2014

Our Example

The Lord of glory, our Savior, Christ,

Came down to earth and gave His life.

Thirty-three years He loved and served

And from His Father’s will ne’er swerved.

Creator God, Incarnate Man,

Humbly stooped to sinful man.

He put no difference between

The wicked wretch or miser-king,

But showed, through acts of grace and love,

The repentant can know God above.

The ones He touched were oft’ outcasts:

He touched unclean and lower-class.

He spoke to women (marginalized),

Looked “social scum” right in the eyes,

And now, in James chapt’ two, verse one,

A call to do the same is shown:

‘Have not the faith of our Glorious Christ

With evil thoughts toward “lesser lives.”’

Since early youth I had the thought:

Why’m I surrounded by the “out-of-touch”?

Why don’t I have the “cooler” friends,

Why stuck, more often, with misfits?

But this was wrong, I see it now,

(I am a misfit, too, myself!),

Those early years, God’s will was worked

To give me love for those with quirks.

All around, the “in’s” crowd out

Ones Christ would use without a doubt.

And who will take the time to show

The love He gave to outcast folks?

Certainly this work is not

The glam’rous type some hope to get.

And messy spots and “hairy” times

Will punctuate the work oft’ times.

But do it, if God’s calling you

Into this business; don’t refuse!

How glorious the things He plans

More beautiful than any man’s!

Trust Christ, the Lord of Glory brave;

Show love to those He came to save.