Walking each other home

That's what it's all about!

We are here to walk each other home.

I have tried hard over the years, to figure out what the teachings

of Jesus were all about

People have taken the words of Jesus

and made them mean so many different things

they have used Jesus words to inspire works of great love and compassion

and used them to justify acts of violence and hate

they have used his words to heal

but also to wound

Some people use Jesus’ words to promote generosity

but many more use them to justify greed and selfishness

but this is what it is all about

I believe Jesus calls us to walk each other home

Even when we don’t quite know where “home” is

Even when the way is long

Even when the path is torturous and vague

We walk each other home

We care for one another

We carry one another

If we must use some of our strength, some of our resources

To help another along that path,

We do it

We do it whether that person deserves it or not

for Jesus never worried about merit

all he ever saw in another was a precious soul

Oh, sometimes he was saddened by what he saw

But he always, still, wanted to help that person home

Tax collector

Fisher, farmer, cook, cleaner

Man on the street

Woman by the well

Thief on a cross

Blind one, sick one, wounded one, hated one

He simply sought

With the love of God in him

To walk them home

To that place of peace

So we are here to walk each other home

And it is not acceptable to leave others behind,

so that we might get there ourselves

It is not OK to leave others behind,

To make our journey easier

No precious soul, and we are all precious souls,

Can be left behind by our choosing

By our decision to exclude

By our choice to shame, to minimize

By our decision to go the way of wealth and power

And our decision to abandon the poor, the ill, the aging, the addicted

For we are here to walk each other home

I know I do not always succeed in this task

I have walked by people (literally or figuratively)

I have left some there, in the dust, by the side of the road

Broken and bleeding

I suspect you don’t either

But we do carry some of God’s power (Spirit)

And we do carry some of God’s love, for God has given us his love

And when love and power come together?

We not only want to do good, we have the power to do it

So this day

As the rain falls

And the thunder rolls

And the clouds encase the earth

I will remember the words of the man Jesus

The words of the eternal Christ

We are here, to walk each other home