March 21

He said, “You are both gifts to me
With different ways of being.
I won’t take that from Mary
Whose place is right here with me.
You have nothing to prove,
So let your heart be moved.
Just one thing do I need:
To feel your love in deeds
Of ministry and presence.”

—from the hymn “Ministry and Presence” by Rev. Anna Strickland | @sanctifiedart