"Go and do likewise": Wisdom from Howard Thurman

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Howard Thurman (1899-1981)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Thurman
Theologian, Educator, Civil Rights Advocate
Photo: Boston University (bu.edu)


This is an encore post of a piece first published here in July of 2019. If you do not know the name and work of Howard Thurman, begin here. 




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From (page 157 of) Sermons on the Parables by Howard Thurman. Orbis Books, 2018.

"Do not shrink, then, from that which turns up in your road, suddenly making of us an ultimate demand. Know that if you respond with all that you have, your little life takes on a meaning in the light of which even death itself is a little thing. To miss it because of fear, timidity, pride, arrogance, self-righteousness, deceit, to miss it is to wander down your road in darkness, and what a darkness, what a darkness it is for you."

Live bravely, humbly, and mercifully for the glory of God.

God calls us to love Him more than anyone or anything. You will always follow and listen to the one you love most. The one you love most will fill your thoughts in the beginning and at the end of the day.

For the one we love most, we will abandon our comfort zones, change our plans, and leave behind conflicting relationships.

Jesus calls us to love Him in just that way. What is your answer to His call?

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