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When
I was young and around the age of ten
I learned a
lesson of fitting in
As I was spending
time with my friend
My heart was
saddened at day's end.
My
friend's Dad and a Minister sat on the porch swing
As my friend and
I stepped upon the porch
The lesson begin
My friend's Dad
being a deacon, was quite well known
Then the
minister chose to cheerfully greet
And to the
deacon's child his love was shown
I was hardly
noticed although standing with my friend
I didn't
understand these two Christian men.
I
being an orphan and very low in esteem
My clothes
weren't fancy but they were clean
I stood there
and wondered why is she better than I
Although I loved
my friend, I cried inside
A greeting is
wonderful and should be from the heart
But to show
partiality is not God's part
Why lift the
spirit of one and lower the other
Is this God's
way, or was there an err in our Brother.
Never
let prestige bring a heart low
Whether it be a
stranger or someone you know
For memories
will linger
Whether cheerful
or sad
It may make
someone good, feel bad
Rejection to a
child or loved one is hard to bear
They need to
know they are loved and someone does care.
As
I look back on yonder scene of years ago
I realize it
wasn't God's will that I was hurt so
Nothing I had
done deserved the low greeting
Nor my friend
the high meeting
Be kind to
strangers, the bible tells us there
You may be
entertaining angels unaware.
A
true gift is desiring to spend time with the low in heart
As well as the
high
And not show
partiality as the day goes by
For the high in
status
May in character
become weak
And in love and
sweetness they forget to seek
We may often
find in the low and meek
The presence of
God's spirit that's joyful to entreat.
So
if you ever feel that you don't fit in
It's not God's
will my friend.
Whether it be in
school, church or at home
Jesus loves you,
and that you can rely on
Once Jesus was
rejected to become succor for all
He knows how you
feel, to Him just call
In Him there is
no partiality
He is a friend
not for one, but for all.
Blessings, Danna
Robinette
3 ~ 2005
All Rights
Reserved
Artwork: Childhood Idyll, -1900
Music: English Country Garden,
Mouse Bubble Script written
by Kurt Grigg: Kurt's
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