This One Thing I Can Do

...brought beds, basins,

and earthen vessels, wheat,

barley, flour, parched grain,

beans and lentils, honey

and curds and sheep

and cheese from the herd,

for David and the people

with him to eat, for they said,

"The people are hungry

and weary and thirsty

    in the wilderness."

           2 Samuel 17. 28-29

(It is not just for us to be

      aware of a need,

but to respond to it.

Not should we help,

    but how can we?

What is even one thing in

    our power to do?

Hungry, weary, and thirsty

   comes in many sizes.

So does compassion.)

O LORD,

Grant to us the vision to see

    the needs all around us.

Empower us with hearts

    to respond.

No matter what we face today,

      or who we encounter,

may our pockets be full

of Your grace and kindness.