The Pharisee, standing alone, prayed,
“God, I thank you that I am not like other people:
thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.”
—Luke 18.11
Wow. What a hypocrite.
What an egotistical, arrogant, judgmental person.
God, I thank you that I am not like him—
Oh… wait.… Crap.
God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
I confess to you all the people I want to be better than.
But I am not.
It is your goodness, not mine, I live by.
God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
October 22, 2019