THE GOSPEL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE FORGOTTEN

THE GOSPEL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE FORGOTTEN

There are people
the world learns to walk past—
faces weathered by hunger,
souls wrapped in silence,
hands trembling beneath bridges
while cities rush forward
without looking back.

But the Gospel stops.

It pauses beside the wounded road,
kneels beside the abandoned,
and asks the question
most hearts fear:

“Who became neighbor?”

For Christ did not build His kingdom
upon comfort alone.
He walked among the rejected,
touched the untouchable,
ate with the unwanted,
and carried the cross
through the center of human sorrow.

The forgotten were never forgotten by Him.

The widow with empty hands,
the stranger at the gate,
the poor man beneath the shadow of wealth,
the weary soul hidden beneath addiction, grief, exile, or shame—
all remained visible
to the eyes of mercy.

And still the Gospel calls:

Speak for those silenced by suffering.
Defend those crushed beneath power.
Remember those erased by indifference.
Love beyond convenience.
Draw near before it is too late.

For faith without mercy
becomes a lamp without oil,
a prayer without breath,
a sanctuary without God.

The Cross stands
where heaven meets human pain.
Not above the broken,
but among them.

And every generation is asked again:

Will you pass by?
Or will you carry
the burden of another
as your own?

For the Gospel is not only believed.
It is lived
in the way we remember
those the world forgets.

Pastor Steven G. Lee
St. GMC Corps
May 10, 2026