down and then up, but forward OR breathing
October 11, 2006
i think that very few people realize it when they have been the hands [the smile, the embrace] of Christ to me because i am not homeless and i am not starving. i saw the image of Christ this weekend in many faces in arkadelphia.
and He is teaching me to love my enemies (which He has taught me are my neighbors). sometimes i feel that i am good at loving the samaritans, but not so much the levites. perhaps someday i will learn to see Christ in all of these – even those which arouse neither love nor hate, and so are the “least of these”.
Not all who say to me “Lord, Lord” shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father.
if left to stand for only a matter of seconds, espresso develops a sharp, bitter, unpleasant taste. If however, dairy is added when the shots are pulled, the dairy does not dilute the flavor of the coffee, but rather enhances it, making it strong, but also richer and smoother than it could have been otherwise. i tend to think that these aspects of espresso have at least some minor applications to the way the Holy Spirit works through people, using them and those gifts which He has given.
i have been striving against (and yet moving toward) Pacifism for about 2 years now. Pacifism is [perhaps?] beginning to emerge victorious. and all of that before i had read ben witherington’s latest blog.
hopefully,
Captain
