A Crisis Man

So currently I’m reading “Shadow of the Almighty: Life and Testament of Jim Elliot”. Jim was a missionary martyr (Read his bio here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Elliot). Anyways, almost everything that I’ve read about the life of this dear saint has really challenged me. Especially, the way that he prayed and walked according to his convictions.
Two of His prayers have really touched me today, so I’d like to share them with you:
1) “Fix my heart wholly, Lord, to follow Thee, in no detail to touch what is not mine”
2) “Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a mile post on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another in facing Christ in me.”
The latter has inspired a prayer/poem that I’d like to share. (Please note: C.S. Lewis’s description of the woman of noble character in his allegory “The Great Divorce” has also heavily influenced this poem.)
Father,
Please keep
every man my brother
in our friendship
challenged
to be
a better brother, father, lover.
And make
every woman my sister
in our encounter
encouraged
to be
a better sister, giver, lover.
And let
every child in my presence
find
a mother.
And, fill me
with Your truth;
truth
sets people free.
So that all may see
Christ Jesus
who makes His home
in me.
Amen