They did not receive him
because his face was set toward Jerusalem.
—Luke 9.53
The Samaritans are thinking:
He’s not one of us,
and we won’t treat him like he is.
We reject him for failing to reject the right people.
The disciples are thinking:
How could they not receive us?
Don’t we have a right?
Don’t we automatically belong?
Our egos are thinking:
How can I be “in” if there’s no “out?”
I’m better than somebody, right?
There must be some line between me and them.
Jesus is thinking:
Blessed are you who are excluded
for refusing to exclude,
for even God is spurned for this very reason.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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