(credit: Varsha Salome)
Even as you hit the fast lane of life with furious strides that brook no brakes, won’t you pause a moment to grab a grain of scriptural truth embedded herein ? (click on hypertext in the Day’s Reading for reference verse)
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God bless
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This man, rather than the other!
I’d say the rendition of this Bible verse in Tamil, is exquisite: அவனல்ல, இவனே; the order though is reversed. But the choice is puzzling and seems to run against the principle of natural justice. Why? It is clear that the other man was a good man. He said so himself. And this man was a bad man; he admitted that! The other man was correct in keeping the precepts. This man didn’t seem to be. The other man was confident in his righteousness. This man dare not look up to heaven. The other man was comparatively far superior. This man was absolutely miserable.
And Jesus had no hesitation in declaring which of the two was justified before God.
Humility is the key!
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*25 Aug, setting 1 January as Day 1