like the message, the story in the devotion I was touched by the relationship connection in meeting this man something like the experience the pastor shared happening to me coming face to face with Christ a strange, carrying his small child standing before me, my brow sweating the man seeking conversation a bit of grace, of welcome refugee, foreigner, from distant land unable to do his work, looking for open hearts a place of welcome in this new place, this new land
November 25, 2009 http://alivenow.upperroom.org/from-the-print-edition/lepers-in-our-midst/ Alive Now Daily Reflections, “Lepers in Our Midst”, by Pastor Pam Watkins November 25, 2009 & meeting a family new to the area while cutting the hedges on Fall Cleaning Day http://www.suncookumc.org Suncook United Methodist Church Suncook, NH November 21, 2009