Monday, November 11, 2002
Monday, November 11, 2002
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he
cried out, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As
the scripture has said, 'Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water.'"
Imagine that scene if that same little boy had come to
Jesus and asked him if he were the most important person in the
world. I have a feeling the little boy would have gone away from
that encounter thinking that he himself was the greatest person
in the world. That, after all, is the measure of true
greatness--what we bring out of others.
(John
7.37-38
NRSV)
A little boy who lived near Chartwell, England, home of
Winston Churchill, was taken there by his nanny to see the man
the nanny referred to as "the greatest man in the whole, wide
world." Churchill had retired for his afternoon nap. While the
little boy's nanny had tea, the child sneaked off to look for his
hero and found him reading in bed. "Are you the greatest man in
the whole wide world?" the boy asked. To which Churchill
replied, in good Churchillian fashion: "Of course I'm the
greatest man in the whole wide world. Now buzz off."
Dear Jesus, continue to bring the best out of me, as I work to bring people to you. Amen.
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