Kin Beneath the Skin
Theme for this Week: It's Mutual
Monday, December 24, 2001
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Key Bible Verse: Whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone, especially to our Christian brothers and sisters (Galatians 6:10).
Bonus Reading: Ephesians 2:11-22
Benny Smith, a reporter for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, lives in an upstairs apartment. Below him live Bob and Lib Wood, seventy-something retirees. Good conversations shared during Benny's frequent visits strengthened their friendship. Occasionally he helped them move furniture or program their VCR.
At 1:00 A.M. one morning, the ring of his phone awakened Benny. It was Lib. She frantically explained that Bob was having trouble breathing. Benny dressed in an instant, bounded downstairs, assisted Bob into the car, and drove the Woods to the hospital emergency room. There, Bob was whisked into a treatment area, accompanied by Lib.
After a three-hour wait, Benny approached the clerk for an update on Bob's condition. She said such information could only be given to a family member. Without intending to be deceitful, and based on the closeness of his relationship, Benny replied: "But I am family!" Since Benny's face is black and the Woods' faces are white, the clerk's skeptical expression wasn't surprising. Just then, Bob and Lib appeared and told Benny that Bob's problem wasn't serious. Right there they did a group hug.
Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz in Stories We Heard About Love
My Response:
I will spend time this week with _____, of a differing racial background.
Thought to Apply:
Our nationality is mankind.
H. G. Wells (British socioligist, science fiction writer, 20th century)
Adapted from: Stories We Heard About Love (J. Countryman, 2001).
For your convenience, Stories We Heard About Love is available in the ChristianityToday.com bookstore.
Copyright © 2001 by the author or Christianity Today, Inc./Men of Integrity magazine.
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Dear Father: Help us, without ignoring our differences, to achieve equality by realizing that we each offer something the other person needs.
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