The other service one should perform for another person in a Christian community is active helpfulness. To begin with, we have in mind simple assistance in minor, external matters. There are many such things wherever people live together. Nobody is too good for the lowest service. Those who worry about the loss of time entailed by such small, external acts of helpfulness are usually taking their own work too seriously. We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God, who will thwart our plans and frustrate our ways time and again, even daily, by sending people across our path with their demands and requests. “The greatest among you will be your servant.” - Matthew 23:11 -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Words of Wisdom
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:26:45 +0000
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