Why listen? Because God is always speaking to us through the people he puts in our paths — the people we love and respect, and more to the point, the people we hold of little account.
This puts me in mind of verse 44 in Matthew 35 where Jesus warns us about the sheep and the goats. The “goats” are shocked to be rejected, saying, “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?” As long as we think we see Jesus in our brothers and sisters, we are happy to respond with love and caring. But if we think we see adversaries we have demonized, or the undeserving poor, or the sick or imprisoned who deserve the consequences of their actions, we might miss an important message from God: at the very least a reminder that we are called to love — first, last, and always.God, open my eyes especially during this season of Lent, so that I truly see through your eyes everyone you place in my path. Amen.
—Laura Gregg
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