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Lent thoughts 27
Mar. 18th, 2013 11:17 amMore of your man Francis of Assisi, or at least a reflection on the prayer attributed to him which I quoted last time. I love the line towards the bottom of the page linked to here.
"Sometimes Christians are called to turn the world upside down. To bring the exact opposite of what we find in our world."
I know I'm not the only one (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alex_beecroft springs to mind) who find the sheer topsy-turveyness of Jesus' message (what, if people are mean to us we're not to retaliate and we're to wish them well?) an indication that this is God talking to us, not man. And, when Jesus talks about how the narrow path, I'm sure it's these sorts of teachings he's talking about, not a list of Old Testament laws.
"Sometimes Christians are called to turn the world upside down. To bring the exact opposite of what we find in our world."
I know I'm not the only one (
alex_beecroft springs to mind) who find the sheer topsy-turveyness of Jesus' message (what, if people are mean to us we're not to retaliate and we're to wish them well?) an indication that this is God talking to us, not man. And, when Jesus talks about how the narrow path, I'm sure it's these sorts of teachings he's talking about, not a list of Old Testament laws.
