Thursday, April 5, 2001
Thursday, April 5, 2001
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
Believers are people who know that if they make this a better place for their neighbors, they will
also make it a better place for themselves. They have learned that the path to greatness is the road
of service. In the soaring language of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree
to serve. You don't have to make your noun and verb agree to serve. You don't have to know
Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by
love..."
(1
John 3:18
NRSV)
Where has there ever been a monument erected to the cynic, the critic, the doubter? As someone
has said, "He who pulls on the oars has no time to rock the boat." Believers are those who know
that the world can yet be a better place. Consider our own society. Who have been the builders?
Who have constructed the hospitals, the great universities, the social service agencies? Behind
every one you will find persons who hold in their hearts not cynicism but hope, not doubt but
faith, not hostility but love.
Dear God, I need to be taught your love, but I also need to put it into action. Give me
opportunities to share you love. Amen.
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