Windows Is Shutting Down by Clive James

Windows is shutting down, and grammar are
On their last leg. So what am we to do?
A letter of complaint go just so far,
Proving the only one in step are you.

Better, perhaps, to simply let it goes.
A sentence have to be screwed pretty bad
Before they gets to where you doesnt knows
The meaning what it must of meant to had.

The meteor have hit. Extinction spread,
But evolution do not stop for that.
A mutant languages rise from the dead
And all them rules is suddenly old hat.

Too bad for we, us what has had so long
The best seat from the only game in town.
But there it am, and whom can say its wrong?
Those are the break. Windows is shutting down.

(Guardian, April 27, 2005)

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Matthew 25 – Be a sheep

Jesus says that when he returns he will gather the nations of the world before him and separate them into two categories as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will call the one group blessed, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.” This group will deny it saying they never met Jesus when he was hungry or thirsty. Jesus says, “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for me.”

We are called to care for the world around. We are called to meet the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of our community; of whatever into which God has placed us. We need to be feeding the hungry, caring for the depressed, providing single parents, supporting addicts. All these things we need to be doing as if we were caring for the needs of Jesus. We need to meet the needs of Christians and non-Christians. We need to demonstrate the love of Christ within us.

Jesus also speaks to the other group, telling them to depart from his presence. This group protests, “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger?” Jesus answers, “whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.”

The best way to separate ourselves from God is to not meet the needs of the people we pass by everyday.

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