All in the family

I am a guest here, charged with serving other guests – even those who present themselves as my enemies.  I am allowed to resist them, but as long as I trust in one God who made us all, I cannot act as if they are no kin to me

                                                          Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World

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it was a trying, tiring day

I got hooked again by a politician who seems to embody

Everything I consider evil

I was surrounded by “idiots” on the airplane

(they weren’t really idiots but in my altered state…)

I was surrounded by people,

and news, that seemed to reflect the worst of humanity

“I don’t want these people on MY earth” I declared

However

I am but a guest

and am truly only passing through

and while here Sacred Presence impels me

(much against my better judgment)

to serve those around me

The Donalds

The rude

The haters

The judgmental

The fearful

I may not like them

but I am charged with loving them

I must remember

that I too

can hate and be rude,

I can be judgmental,

and yes,

there are times I am very afraid

and, they are after all,

kin