Sunday, July 11, 2004
Sunday, July 11, 2004
“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.”
(Matthew 7.12
NRSV)
Jesus taught this truth to us through his parables and short, pithy sayings. He warned us against being like the ungrateful servant, cautioned us not to be like the older brother, admonished us for having an attitude like the first laborers hired for the vineyard. He taught us not to throw the first stone, to take the log out of our own eye before we sought the speck in the eye of our neighbor, and to pray for those who persecute us. He instructed us to turn the other cheek, forgive seventy times seven, and go the extra mile. He asked us to love our neighbor as ourselves, to do unto others as we would wish them to do unto us, and when entering a room to sit at the foot of the table.
Loving God, help me to live out the teaching of my Savior. Amen.
