I was told that a theologian from a third world country once said; “We are just beggars showing other beggars where to find the bread.” The bread is Jesus — he told us outright: “I am the bread of life”<\/b> (John 6:48)<\/p>\n
It seems good to think of ourselves this way so we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We are on a level field with the rest of humanity; we aren’t better than all of them in case we found the bread a little sooner than they did.<\/p>\n
I always appreciate an usher when I arrive in a dark theater. He shines his little flashlight on my ticket and knows right where my seat is and promptly shows me to it. He doesn’t think he is a rung above me because he has knowledge I don’t. Once his service is completed he moves on.<\/p>\n
I wonder if some people reject the Gospel because it is presented to them in a self righteous, smug, I know more than you do kind of way. We don’t always act like the beggars we really are. Are we so full of bread we don’t remember hunger anymore?<\/p>\n
When we share the Bread of Life with others, it’s worth remembering that we are really beggars all.<\/p>\n
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