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“And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”
Matthew 10:42
A cup of cold water may seem to be insignificant, but it is not! Any act of love is holy and keeping with our lives in Jesus! We are true disciples of Jesus when we show love to one another!
We are called to make a difference in the world! Remember the old children‘s Church song, “They will know we are Christians by our love.” We can look at it the other way, they will know we are not Christians because we hate! We have many things in our lives that we can easily react with hateful words and actions, but we are challenged, by Jesus, to “not go there”!
Jesus reminds us, “And he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.”
Matthew 10: 38
Loving people we encounter and carrying our crosses can not be separated! There will be people we are forced to deal with who will try to harm us. What will be our response? We are called to follow Jesus! Jesus returned love even as He was dying on the Cross!
The Cross of Jesus is our example of how we are to carry our crosses. We are called to even be kind to people who are not kind to us! This approach to living will not be always easy, but our efforts matter and in the process we will become better Disciples of Jesus in our world!
Be Jesuslike!
Pax.
Hermitage of Peace 