Just Like Jesus

"We have the right to rid our houses of ants; but what we have no right to do is to forget to honor the ant as God made it, out in the place where God made the ant to be. When we meet the ant on the sidewalk, we step over him. He is a creature, like ourselves; not made in the image of God, it is true, but equal with man as far as creation is concerned. The ant and the man are both creatures."  --Francis Schaeffer

I have a hard time pulling weeds!  I definitely save, relocate any insect I can along the way--never thoughtlessly destroy, kill. . . .

And with humans, every day especially now . . . where there is so much pain and suffering . . . it is blessed and a blessing, to love and appreciate the other. . . . 

When, in old Rome, disease was spreading . . . it startled the Romans . . . to see the Christians going out of their way, sacrificing their own comfort, to comfort the sick, the poor, the destitute, the lowly . . . such that . . . many, many, many were converted by the sight of it!  It was a new thing--this unusual, Godly love. . . . It really hadn't been seen before in history from a people--a community. . . .

This time is short.  When you get to the pearly gates, the question won't be: "So, did you ignore the suffering? Did you 'kick butt' and make a name for yourself?  Did you angle?  Step on ants, kill, destroy willy-nilly? Yes? Good! You're in!"

Nope.  

You can't go wrong being self-sacrificial, longsuffering, patient, persevering, understanding, compassionate, harmless, loving and good in heart. . . . Just like Jesus