Monday, June 4, 2001
Monday, June 4, 2001
Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will
love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.
How would you fare on such a quiz? Particularly the Ten Commandments? The brilliant writer,
Katherine Mansfield, came upon the Bible only in her mature life, never having read or studied it
until then. "I feel so bitterly," she wrote in her journal, "that I have never known these writings
before. They ought to be part of my very breathing." That is true of all of us.
(John 14:23
NRSV)
There is an old story about a bandit in a foreign land who had been badly injured and was taken
to a Christian mission hospital. As the result of weeks of excellent care, the bandit recovered
completely. He was so grateful for the treatment he received that he resolved he would never
again rob a Christian. The word got around, and everyone he tried to hold up would immediately
say, "I'm a Christian." Obviously, this was bad for his business. So he went back to the hospital
and asked the missionaries how he could distinguish who really were Christians. They said,
"Well,
every Christian should know the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments." And from that time
on, he would tell his intended victims to recite the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments. If
they could not, he would rob them.
Dear Jesus, draw me close to God's word of love and hope. Amen.
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