So I've been reading the book The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning (HIGHLY recommend if you haven't read it already!!!) and I read something today that really made me think so I thought I'd share it...
We all know the "Golden Rule" and then there's Jesus' teaching of "whatever you've done to the least of these, you've done to me." In the book, Brennan brings up a reflection on this passage by Carl Jung. It says, "What if you discovered that the least of the brethren of Jesus, the one who needs your love the most, the one you can help the most by loving, the one to whom your love will be most meaningful - what if you discovered that this least of the brethren of Jesus...is you?"
Interesting...
Also, later in the book, Brennan is reflecting on the subject of failure and how we live in a society where failure is not looked at favorably. Then he offers this thought, which really hit home being the perfectionist that I am...what if God expects more failure from us than we expect from ourselves?
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