Thursday, July 23, 2009

Compelled



Matthew 25:35-40 (The Message)
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Enter, you who are blessed by my Father! Take what's coming to you in this kingdom. It's been ready for you since the world's foundation. And here's why:

I was hungry and you fed me,
I was thirsty and you gave me a drink,
I was homeless and you gave me a room,
I was shivering and you gave me clothes,
I was sick and you stopped to visit,
I was in prison and you came to me.'
"Then those 'sheep' are going to say, 'Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?'

Then the King will say, 'I'm telling the solemn truth:
Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored,
that was me--
you did it to me.'


One random day on the streets on Calcutta, a well-to-do business man noticed an elderly lady sitting by the road side mending the wounds of a leper. He went up to her and told her, “I wouldn’t do what you are doing now for a million dollars”. “Neither would I,” she replied. “I am only doing this for 5 words-‘You Did It for Me’”. This woman was Mother Teresa.



2 Corinthians 5 (NIV)
If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind,it is for you.

For Christ's love compels us,
because we are convinced
that one died for all, and therefore all died.
And he died for all,
that those who live should no longer live for themselves
but for him who died for them and was raised again.



"We are all pencils in the hand of God"
Mother Teresa

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