In my more arrogant moments, I instruct
Jesus on what he meant to say. His call
to take up our daily crosses and follow him is a case in point. I suggest to him that he really wanted to
say: "Let me walk with you, facing
your everyday crosses with you, sharing intimately in your joys and sorrows,
healing your wounds, and coming to others through your compassion, care and
concern." In that vein, I remind
him of the words of Micah which call us to live justly, love tenderly, and walk
humbly with our God, and I suggest that we often need reminders that he walks
humbly with us.
As often happens when I am arrogant, I
fail to get in the last word. With utter
simplicity, Jesus reminds me that his willingness to come to me in Communion
expresses a comitment to walk humbly with me despite the fact that I so often
fail to live the commitment that I made
to him.
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