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After Pentecost     Pentecost 18     Luke 16:1-13, particularly verse 10a

A Smile (YC No 217)

We may not make the sun stand still

Nor cause the snow to fall,

But when we smile we change the world;

It’s grand, however small.

We may not close corruption down,

Prevent abuse and greed;

But when we smile we change the world,

We plant a justice seed.

We may not cause all wars to cease,

Restore those shattered lives;

But when we smile we change the world,

And show that kindness thrives.

We may not halt our body’s ills;

Disease will still remain;

But when we smile we change the world

And comfort those in pain.

We cannot build a perfect world

Change all that we abhor;

But when God’s smile is on our face

Then grace abounds much more.

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