Our church has eight weeks of special worship services at Lake Cornelia each summer. Bob Stephenson gave the communion meditation at yesterday's. He is working to finish up things connected with Sylvia Douglas' estate. In sorting some of the items, he found this writing amongst some of Sylvia's belongings. It is old, yellowed with time, and nearly unreadable in spots:

HE WAS ONE OF US

He was born as little children are

and live as children do,

So remember that the Saviour

was once a child like you,

And remember that He lived on earth

in the midst of sinful men,

And the problems in the present

existed even then.

He was ridiculed and laughed at

in the same heartbreaking way

That we who fight for justice

are ridiculed today.

He was tempted..........He was hungry

He was lonely.........He was sad.

There's no sorrowful experience

that the Saviour has not had.

And in the end He was betrayed

and even crucified.

For He was truly 'One of Us' --

He lived on earth and died.

So do not heed the skeptics

what are often heard to say,

'What Does God Up In Heaven

Know Of Things We Face Today?'

For our Father up in heaven

is very much aware

Of our failures and shortcomings

and the burdens that we bear,

So whenever you are troubled

put your problems in God's Hand

For He has faced all problems

and He Will Understand.

(No author included in the piece)

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