What is your view of serving those who are of lesser status than you? What if you and I are with someone suffering leprosy, or with the one who is accused of a terrible crime? Jesus confronts my ‘uppity’ attitude over and over. He openly talked with those with the worst reputation and complimented the Samaritan in the parable. He complimented humility far above self promotion and grand standing. Jesus demonstrated and modeled humility by washing dirty feet. I want to be approachable, not above talking to the marginalized, or the least and the last on everyone’s list. May Hod empower me to change.
Christ Has No Body But Yours - St. Teresa of Ávila (attributed by Henri Nouwen)
“Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which God looks Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which God walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which God blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are His body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which God looks compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours. Amen.”
- Henri Nouwen
"We are commanded to live a life of submission because Jesus lived a life of submission, not because we are in a particular place or station in life. Self-denial is a posture fitting for all those who follow the crucified Lord. Everywhere in the world, the one and only compelling reason for submission is the example of Jesus." - Richard J. Foster, The Celebration of Discipline
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