Facing Demands

What are we free to demand of others? Respect? Love? Kindness? Generosity?

When are others free to demand those or other things of us? When we are in a good mood? When we have enough to pay our bills? When it’s christmas?

Every day is an opportunity to encounter Jesus. One of the most astonishing things in the Book for me is the fact that when Jesus described His judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:31-46), neither the sheep nor the goats had known they were blessing or denying Jesus when they served Him or failed to serve Him. That means that, because He didn’t say, “When you blessed them, you did it for Me,” but, rather, “When you blessed them, you blessed Me,” there is a mystery – every opportunity to bless the least is an opportunity to encounter Him. Make it a blessing for everyone involved…