To Serve

Two direct hits from the Sojourners Verse and Voice today...

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love [God]? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court?
- James 2:5-6

Those who would learn to serve must first learn to think little of themselves...Only those who live by the forgiveness of their sin in Jesus Christ will think little of themselves in the right way. They will know that their own wisdom completely came to an end when Christ forgave them.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I think I want to spend some time studying James. And Ryan's been reading a lot of Bonhoeffer this term. It might be time for another coffee...