Can you bother
With a brother
Who is down
And needs a hand?
Can you listen
To a sister
Who needs comfort
From a friend?
Is there danger
When a stranger
Asks a favor
That disrupts your plan?
When a child of the King
Is ensnared by the World,
Will mercy and love be
The you
You extend?
Will Jesus reflect?
Will you stretch out your arm?
Will you cross to the other side of the road?
Or will you approach
And bind the gaping wound
The world has wrought
Upon your brother?

ADW