My Brother's Keeper

They arrived at the inn, but all rooms were full.
Am I my brother's keeper?
Jerusalem wept for her sons' death toll.
Am I my brother's keeper?
The hungry are starving.
The oppressed cry out.
The wicked prevail;
They will not die out
As Cain asked in the garden, in fear for his soul,
"Am I my brother's keeper?"

They come -- the lame, the sick, and the blind
Am I my brother's keeper?
They took Him away; Peter followed behind.
Am I my brother's keeper?
From manger to cross.
From hay to thorns,
disbelief, indifference,hatred and scorn
HE came to save and to serve all mankind.
Am I my brother's keeper?

Sometimes midst all that goes on in the world, we feel helpless to make a difference. Can we change the condition of those around us? Are we responsible for anyone other than ourselves? Jesus came from glory in order that we might know something other than our own miserable human condition and its consequences. We are to follow His example of selfless love.

"Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond servant, and being made in the likeness of men, and being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." Phil. 2:4-8