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To Touch A Stranger

by Lewis E. Thomas  
10/18/2012 / Poetry

Consider the mission of the one born in the manger
Jesus was born to take the message of love to a stranger.

Have you ever touched a stranger or an unknown in need?
Do you ever try to plant any spiritual seed?

I saw a young man with his dog stopped at a store one day
My heart seemed to become burdened for him in a special way.

Traveling by three wheel bicycle he had stopped for a break
It was going to be in the twenties that night for heaven sake!

He was dressed in light clothing and feeding his dog some treats
I wondered what it was like to be living on the streets.

He was traveling from Florida to Louisiana state
I wondered what was to be this homeless man's fate?

The weather forecast three consecutive nights of equal chill
Being on the road then had to be anything but a thrill!

I handed him a new testament bookmarked with a twenty dollar bill
I gave him my best jacket to protect him from the coming nights chill!

I regret to this day that I never got his name
I continue to pray for this unknown just the same.

I pray that I touched him with an eternal impact
That in Heaven someone will say; ("Man! Here is your jacket back!")

My life touched his life for only a few moments in time
"Lord, let the results be eternal as I close this rhyme."



Lewis E. Thomas
As given by God on 1-24-2011

Ref:
Matthew 25: 41-46, Hebrews 13:2, Proverbs 3:27

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