Just a short reflection on yesterday’s second reading from James.  It struck me as I was reading it that I am that “poor person in shabby clothes”–perhaps not so much exteriorly, but definitely interiorly–but I can have great hope for when I come to Christ’s “assembly”, he will pay attention to me (and to you) and say, “Sit here, please.” 

“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature . . . for the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance.” (1 Samuel 16.6)