Photo by Dee Kamp
Friends
and Kin
We
were sitting on the outside patio of a small restaurant sipping our tea
enjoying the sunshine. As girl friends will often do, we were both talking and
laughing at the same time perfectly understanding what the other was saying.
The
waitress came to our table paused and asked, “You two must be kin, maybe
sisters? You look and laugh so much alike!”
We
do laugh then, because for one thing, we certainly don’t look alike as family
might. We thank her for the compliment that we should be thought as more than friends,
because we are family— we are sisters in Christ.
“There was a crowd sitting around Jesus, and
someone said,
“Your mother and your brothers are outside
asking for you.”
Jesus
replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
Then
he looked at those around him and said,
“Look, these are my mother and brothers.
Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and
sister and mother.”
Mark 3:32=35 NLT
Although
Jesus cared and loved his mother and brothers, He also cared for all those who
loved Him. Jesus never showed partiality; He allowed everyone the privilege of
becoming part of His family. God’s family is accepting and doesn’t exclude
anyone who chooses to believe in Jesus and choose do God’s will.
In
a tender moment in my prayer time today I heard in my heart the Lord saying, “We
are kin you and I, you know.”
Jesus
is our most devoted friend, confident, comforter and constant companion. But
more than that, we are His brother, His sister, His mother—He calls us His
family, we are His kin.
It
is with wonder and awe that we who love and trust in God live in the center of
His heart, we are loved unconditionally and are forever called His friend, His family,
and His kin.
“We
can share with each other without being threatened by each other’s differences because
we know that we are united by Christ, and this union is a union of love.”
Author —Madeleine L’Engle
“Friends
and Kin” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© September 10, 2013
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