God of the poor,
we long to meet you
yet almost miss you;
we strive to help you
Yet only discover our need.
Interrupt our comfort
touch our possessiveness
with your poverty
and surprise our guilt
with the grace of your welcome
in Jesus Christ, Amen.
Meditate on Matthew 25:31-46
This is a prayer and passage I have chosen to help my family spiritually prepare to serve the poor of the Guatemala City dump as God’s Treasures with Potter’s House from 28 February – 8 March.
Janet Morley, from God With Us (Christian Aid, 1989) in Bread of Tomorrow: Praying with the World’s Poor (London: SPCK, 1992) 38.