Christ has no hands here but yours

Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
     no hands but yours, no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which to look out
     Christ’s compassion to the world
Yours are the feet with which he is to go about
     doing good;
Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.

These are the words of Teresa of Avila.  They hang in our hallway on Sunday mornings.  Some people try to do, love, give, abstain, or serve just enough to get by.  I guess you can live life that way.  But, there is another way…a better way.

There is a way that gives more than it takes, that loves more than it is loved, and that experiences Christ in such a way that it cannot help but to extend itself practically so that people may actually catch a real glimpse of Christ by looking at us.  That’s the way I want to live.  When I arrive at the end of my life, I pray that I have spent myself in a mission that is worth more than my comfort or self interests.  Those are convicting words and a great challenge.  I hope to live up to them.