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Christin
You
You caught my eye across the room and smiled,
My heart leapt within me,
What caused this sudden joy to rise and swell? --
Christ in you.
You brushed your hand across my shoulder,
A simple touch.
So why the warmth that flooded through my spirit? –
Christ in you.
A handshake firm, a gentle honest smile, --
And yet there’s more,
For deep within your eyes, I’m drawn to : --
The Christ in you.
A lonely neighbour, stops to have a chat,
What does she need,
My company, advice or clever wit? --
No, Christ in me
A fellow shopper, moaning in the mall,
Shall I join in?
Or speak a word of comfort, joy or cheer: --
Through Christ in me.
The aching, hurting, lonely and the lost,
I cannot reach them all;
But I must place before the ones I see, --
The Christ in me.
What will they see, when they are in our church?
A happy group,
Who cling together in exclusion? Or --
The Christ in us.
Will they see love? – One for another,
And for them?
Love they cannot fathom, but which flows :--
From Christ in us.
We may not have the answers that they seek
To all the mysteries of life;
But we can let them see the One who does, --
Christ in us.© Ailsa Yates 14/3/01http://groups.msn.com/PoemsfromtheLordbyAilsaYates/