near the surface

“…if Jesus said “I was hungry and you fed me,”

then Christ’s presence is not embodied in those who feed the hungry

(as important as that work is),

but Christ’s presence is in the hungry being fed

                                                                        Nadia Bolz-Weber

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We tend it get it ass backwards

Most of the time

Some how we think God is most with

The rich

The powerful

The beautiful

Ah those lucky people

Blessed by God

How often do we say it

“God just blessed me”

True, that

True

But perhaps God is most present

Most “near the surface”

In those who are not encumbered

With the riches of the world

Those whose bodies are thin from hunger

Those whose clothes are thin from wear

Those who eyes are empty with despair

Those whose hearts are broken

In the emptiness of poverty

And oppression

There is the room

Room for Jesus to dwell

The openness

For Jesus to shine through

See that person

That one over there

The one you would shame?

The one you would call a lazy moocher?

The one you would expel?

The one, perhaps, you would shoot?

That one

Is Jesus