Thought for World Refugee Day
Without love we are empty shells
Immune to huddled ones in tents
Displaced by cruel fate and hand
In rags and boats or no man’s land
Without love we are empty shells
That fail to take the time to hear
When listening to a tale of wars
For fear of missing tennis scores
Without love we are empty shells
When our eyes turn from refugees
And beatings cruel so far away
Because at home we’re still okay
Without love we are empty shells
When deep sorrows raise alarms
When we don’t offer bread or tea
To those who will go hungry
Without love we are empty shells
When we criticize with hurtful words
Insensitive to wounds that will inflict
Because we’re better and more strict
Without love we are empty shells
When we fail to shed a loving tear
When our hearts turn stony cold
While others are in slavery sold
If God is love and God is all
Can we stand aloof and feel so tall?
Can’t we hang on to His every word?
Listening with love to what is heard
Children’s cries on ears deaf land
Yet hearts so cold remain unmoved
Should not those hearts be fully bled
When Lord disguised has not been fed?
When He in pain stands as body/mind
Can’t we give solace and be kind?
Prayer
O Lord open my closed heart so that there is not one grain of selfishness. Reduce my ego to ashes and make my heart an open channel for Thy Love and Grace.
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