I Saw A Picture Tonight

I saw a picture tonight.

It was of a man with only one arm
And only one leg, sitting
By the side of a dirty river,
Bathing his two young children.

I thought to myself:
Look at this man.
Know that God’s love
Reflects on him
As much as it does
on yourself.

And a sense of relief,
Accompanied by peace
came over me.

Maybe because I could
Feel I was not taking
More than I am allotted
of God’s attention.
Or maybe that I could
never
Fall low enough
not to qualify
For His love.
Or maybe it was all about
Gratitude for me
Or sympathy for them.

But surely it must have been this:
No one may notice
This man and his children
But I had been assured
In a moment
That God did.