( readings for Sunday 1st September)
Proverbs 25.6-7
Psalm 112
Hebrews 13.1-8, 15-16
Luke 14.1, 7-14
Readings for today
Psalm 112
Proverbs 21.1-4, 24-26
matthew 20.20-28
thought for today
Scholars say that the book of proverbs possibly functioned as a kind of text book in ancient schools. Although the practice was probably redundant as by the time of Jesus, James and John had most certainly had some exposure to the book of proverbs in their life. But perhaps they and their mum had not been listening when these verses about humility that we have been reading over the last few days came up! Its a hard lesson though, especially in a world that wants us to push ourselves forward, be assertive, make something of ourselves. But having genuine humility does not necessarily mean fading into the background, it might lead to coming into the spotlight, but by a very different route.
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