Thought for today: Luke 22:27
I am among you as he that serveth.
I am among you as he that serveth.
Homer tells us that when a celestial being visited the battlefield of Troy and saw the awful gash in the bleeding foot of Patroclus she wept and turned away. Contrast that story with Jesus' story of the good Samaritan. Picture to yourself the life story of Florence Nightingale, Lord Shaftsbury or Albert Schweitzer. An angel of mercy should have bound up the wounded foot of Patroclus and stayed to give comfort. Christianity is different because it points out the glory and dignity of humble service.
An army nurse retired to Mankato, Minnesota. She had a long record of service in various army hospitals. Her last post off duty was at Fort Snelling, near her home and friends. After her so called retirement wherever there was sickness, distress or sorrow she was first to come. She became their local Florence Nightingale.
I had the privilege of officiating st her funeral. Young and old came to pay their last loving tribute to one who had been a servant wherever needed. At the near by cemetry ,when I had read the commital ritual and pronounced the benediction, spontaneously the entire group broke forth into song, "There's a land that is fairer than day, and by faith we can seen it afar."
I had the privilege of officiating st her funeral. Young and old came to pay their last loving tribute to one who had been a servant wherever needed. At the near by cemetry ,when I had read the commital ritual and pronounced the benediction, spontaneously the entire group broke forth into song, "There's a land that is fairer than day, and by faith we can seen it afar."
©Gerrishon Sirere
As narrated by Frank C. Rideout from Newton Centre, Massachusetts
As narrated by Frank C. Rideout from Newton Centre, Massachusetts
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