Our praise team at Asbury sang a song I just love yesterday.  I’ll have to confess it’s a song that I had never heard of before until recently. It’s called “At the Foot of the Cross.”

The basic theme of the song is that we are all equal there at the foot of the cross. No matter what we’ve done, who we are, what we bring to it, we are all equal.  Equal in our sin, equal in our need for grace, and equal in the eyes of God.

And we are all equally loved by God there at the foot of the cross.

Last week in our reflections we talked about “loving God.”  This week we are talking about the Biblical command to “love neighbor.”  And as I was reading a passage today in Proverbs that related back to love of neighbor, I thought about that song.  Listen to what Proverbs 29:7 says:

The godly care about the rights of the poor;
the wicked don’t care at all.

The Godly care about the needs of the poor.  Why?  That sounds nice to say that the godly care about the poor, but why? Why do they and why should they?

Because we are all equal a the foot of the cross.  Rich or poor, doesn’t matter.  Young or old, doesn’t mater.  Black or white, doesn’t matter. Male of female, doesn’t matter. We are all equal at the foot of cross.

So, we care about others, because God cares about them. And we are called to be like He is.

Today, may we care for all the folks in our lives, may we love all the folks in our lives. And may we try to point all the folks in our lives to the power and grace of Jesus Christ.

Because all are equal at the foot of the cross.  No matter what.