"Have
you grown weary of looking for any signs of promise in this dull mass of
fellow-men and withdrawn yourself into some luxury of self-culture, feeling as
if what you had and were, was too good to be wasted upon such creatures as these
sick and poor and ignorant? You must be rescued from this proud conceit, not
simply by counting yourself lower, but by valuing more highly the spiritual
natures of these fellow-men. You must value them as He valued them, who gave
his life for them, before you can be as humble in their presence as He was; and
that can come only by making yourself their servant. Only he who puts on the
garment of humility finds how worthily it clothes his life. Only he who
dedicates himself to the spiritual service of his brethren, simply because his
Master tells him that they are worth it, comes to know how rich those natures of
his brethren are, how richly they are worth the total giving of himself to
them." Phillips Brooks, photo from the Internet.
Monday, August 04, 2014
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"You must value them as He valued them, who gave his life for them." Amen. So difficult to do. It can only be done by the power of the Holy Spirit. Only God can truly love the unloveable. Thank you for sharing this, Fred!
I think you picked out the heart of the quote. Glad you liked it Doug, God bless.
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