6^th Sunday after the Epiphany

Luke 6:17-26

It all seemed so easy

to love the Lord your God

with all your heart and soul and mind

and your neighbor as yourself

So easy

to say I will love

So easy

to chat with my neighbor

share a meal

get to know them

sort of

To care for them

sort of

To feel good about my life

sort of

and not see the ones at the far end

of the table

set for me

by the Lord my God whom I love

with all my heart, soul, mind

But through the help of your love

I see them now Lord

I see the children starving

The lonely ones

The ones excluded and insulted

The punch lines of my humor

I see them now

seated at the table you have set before me

strangers no more

but sisters and brothers

in the house of the Lord

forgive me