Culture Shock

Visiting a different county where they speak

another language can be difficult.

The language hard to understand,

the street signs are hard to read,

laws vary and you get a shock

Culture shock.

Unfamiliar surroundings

and way of life cause discomfort and anxiety.

And yet, there is common ground.

Small victories in communication.

A smile, a handshake, a person going out of their 

way to point directions.

And God! 
He is there, visible in the churches, museums, homes
and through the people.

Photo by CS Marcott
In a blink there is mutual understanding.
A blending of two communities into the community of God.


Galatians  3:28  AMP
There is (now no distinction) neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female;
for you are all one in Christ.