Acts 3:1-11
“And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was
carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called
Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
Who seeing Peter and John about to go into
the temple asked an alms.”
"And Peter, fastening his
eyes upon him with John, said "Look on us."
Not the look of
worthless pity gave they,
That makes more
miserable a man already satan-bound;
Nor of contempt, the
"I am better than thou", -
The hurried steps to
leave alone as found.
NO! Here an active
deed of unselfed love.
Peter saw him, and
spiritually discerned with surest gaze
The perfect man,
whole, complete, a fellow child of God.
"Silver and gold have I
none, but such as I have give I thee:
In the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, rise up and walk"
And he saw too, lifted up by Peter's knowing
praise
To see himself as
whole indeed, no longer to live
Upon the alms of
man, but in the freedom of the Lord!
"And he leaping up stood,
and walked....
Walking and leaping and
praising God."
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