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And The Last Shall Be First
By gartenfische | September 28, 2007
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Mark 10:31
Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
Mark 9:37
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.
Matthew 20:27
No one better than the others . . . the first becomes last, the last first . . . and the leader shall be the servant. Jesus turns everything on its head.
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Of all the pithy quotes I’ve read about humility lately, this has become my favorite:
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.
-William Temple
One day; yes, one day.
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I confess to Photoshopping that baby in there (no, really?), but he belongs—he SO belongs. Let the prez serve him. Amen.
Topics: God, Christianity, life |
September 28th, 2007 at 11:57 am
What a beautiful post you have created here. Hi, I am Larry from Let’s Talk God and I followed your site back from the comment you made on franiam post. I hope you do not mind.
Do not be a stranger at my site and if you wish to post there you will be most welcome.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
this makes me think about how i must remind myself with parenting sometimes when i am feeling frustrated and angry that i am my children’s servant. not in that i cook and clean for them but that i care for them. if that makes sense at all.
September 28th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Freedom from thinking about yourself at all. Brilliant.
Beautiful post, as usual.
September 28th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Larry, Thank you! And thanks for visiting–of course I don’t mind. :) Your blog is great, and I’d love to submit something. I’ll visit again soon!
Cranky, It makes perfect sense. (Speaking as a mother!)
YM, Yeah, it IS brilliant. It’s one that’s going to stick in my mind for a long time, I can tell. (And thank you!)
September 30th, 2007 at 12:04 am
Yes! Yes :) That is another reason why I practice :) Sometimes, for a few tiny seconds or minutes one manages to become truly free of oneself, get a glimpse of the other side and return, well, just a little bit changed.
Thank you.
September 30th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
I also came from FranIAm. This is a lovely post, especially with the pictures. Gently provocative and challenging. Thank you.
October 1st, 2007 at 10:17 am
Welcome, Jan! Thank you for visiting. I’m glad this post was meaningful to you.
MM, yeah, those little glimpses . . . thank God, or we’d probably get so discouraged!