Edification
You say: “But how can I serve the Lord? I’m not important. What I do is so common and of little consequence. Anyone
can do what I do.” But I say to you: “Every time you meet another human being you have the opportunity. It’s a chance
at holiness. For you will do one of two things. Either you will build him up, or you will tear him down. You will create,
or you will destroy. And the things you dignify or deny are God’s. They are made, each one of them, in God’s own
image.”
can do what I do.” But I say to you: “Every time you meet another human being you have the opportunity. It’s a chance
at holiness. For you will do one of two things. Either you will build him up, or you will tear him down. You will create,
or you will destroy. And the things you dignify or deny are God’s. They are made, each one of them, in God’s own
image.”
And I say to you: “There are no useless, minor meetings. There are no dead-end jobs. There are no pointless lives.
Swallow your sorrows; forget your grievances and all the hurt your poor life has sustained. Turn your face truly to the
human before you and let her, for one pure moment, shine. Think her important, and then she will suspect that she is
fashioned of God.”
Swallow your sorrows; forget your grievances and all the hurt your poor life has sustained. Turn your face truly to the
human before you and let her, for one pure moment, shine. Think her important, and then she will suspect that she is
fashioned of God.”
How do you say “Hello”? Or do you? How do you greet strangers? Are you so proud as to burden the people you meet
each day with your tribulations? Even by attitude? Even by crabbiness or gloom? Or do you look them in
the eye and grant them peace? Such are the members of the body of Christ. ~ Walter Wangerin, Jr
each day with your tribulations? Even by attitude? Even by crabbiness or gloom? Or do you look them in
the eye and grant them peace? Such are the members of the body of Christ. ~ Walter Wangerin, Jr
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