Community of Servants
The
other service one should perform for another person in a Christian
community is active helpfulness. To begin with, we have in mind simple
assistance in minor, external matters. There are many such things
wherever people live together. Nobody is too good for the lowest
service. Those who worry about the loss of time entailed by such small,
external acts of helpfulness are usually taking their own work too
seriously. We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God,
who will thwart our plans and frustrate our ways time and again, even
daily, by sending people across our path with their demands and
requests.
Biblical Wisdom
“The greatest among you will be your servant.” Matt. 23:11
--Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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