Jesus and others and you - JOY

We sang this song when I was a child:


Jesus and others and you
What a wonderful way to spell joy
Jesus and others and you
in the life of each girl and each boy
“J” is for Jesus for He has first place,
“O” is for others you meet face to face,
“Y” is for you, in whatever you do,
Put yourself last and spell JOY.


Where did I get the idea that spirituality was about God and me? Remember the old commercial for RC Cola? "Just me and my RC." Sometimes that's how we think of God: Just me and my God. But as I look at the life of Jesus, I am so thankful that was not his attitude. He continually reached out to others. 


My prayer is that my life may be a prayer, that like Mother Teresa, my contemplative prayer would spill out onto the lives of the broken and needy.