Just me trying to be honest with God.

Monday, June 16, 2014

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Jesus

Jesus invites us to escape the dungeon of living for self and learn the absolute joy of loving and serving others. It is interesting that Christ predicts “future reward” for living this way. Some may consider such motivation to be self serving. But Jesus did not say that reward is to be our motivation for serving. He simply knows it to be the inescapable consequence of an unselfish life when it is lived in the presence of a generous God.  Conversations Within” ts 6/9/2014