To Leave the Stones Unthrown

(Found here)

To leave the stones unthrown,

to turn the other cheek,

to bear a load an extra mile,

to listen more than speak:

such are the marks of love,

the testaments of grace,

the daily glimpses of the cross

Christ calls us to embrace.

Not only in extremes,

in moments stark and clear,

in dark-night wrestling grim and fierce,

or agony severe,

but in some faithful act,

some scarcely conscious choice,

we find the grace to hear and heed

the bidding of Christ’s voice.

New crosses wait each day,

new challenges to meet,

new signposts for the way of life,

new marks of death’s defeat:

yet, be they great or small,

unique or commonplace,

they help us look beyond ourselves

to see and know Christ’s face.

~Words: Carl P. Daw, Jr. & Music: Sally Ann Morris