Morning: Psalm 55; Exodus 40:18-38; I Thessalonians 4:1-12
Please dig into Jesus’s teaching; it suggests courage, not weakness: “If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also”. Think about this carefully: slapping your right
cheek is a contemptuous backhand gesture. Jesus teaches: Do not accept
contempt ... offer the other cheek. For all kinds of reasons, this is a
strong gesture, not a weak one. Our culture has it wrong when it
characterizes ‘turning the other cheek’ as a betrayal. Love does not
‘wimp out’; love stands courageously against injustice but refuses to
practice injustice. Love shows itself to be stronger than hate.
Daily readings, thoughts from Graham. Pilgrims on the Way to the shrine of the apostle James in Spain shout a greeting to one another: “Ultreya!”; "Keep going", "Press on", “Onward”.
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