Help Us to See

Help Us to See

“Why do you stand looking up towards heaven? (Acts 1:10-11)

We look for you, straining our eyes

into the far country,

but our vision is disrupted

by the least, the lost, the littlest, the last among us.

We race after you, trying to catch up,

and turing the corner find only

a homeless family in our path.

We wander the streets, yearning to find you,

calling your name,

but it is only

a single mother who turns and wearily smiles,

a street person who whispers ‘hello’

a little girl who pirouettes and takes our hand.

Gone.....

But you are still here, Lord

Help us to see.

Thom Shuman