For the Love of Us All

THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT

The greatest compliment

That we can give another human being

Is to tell them

That they are

An imitator of Christ

Albeit on a smaller scale

So how can we be

How will we be

An imitation of Christ

In today’s world

Be perfect in love

For every other human being

Be an imitator of Christ

Be perfect in forgiveness

For every other human being

Be an imitator of Christ

Be like Saint Francis of Assisi

Clothe the naked

Feed the poor

House the homeless

Be an imitator

Of Christ

Be an imitator

Of Saint Francis

Be perfect in love

For the lost and forlorn

Be perfect in kindness

For every other human being

Be an imitator of Christ

And though

We may not be perfection

As long as

We try

To do what we can do

Maybe someday---someway

Someone will say,

“I see Christ in you

You are an imitation of Christ”

Robert P. Wallman

2-28-11