And I hate the answer. I really hate the answer. I hate it because what he’s asking me to do is turn the other cheek. What does that mean? It means I’m neither a victim or a doormat. It means that I will choose - I will choose - to respond with humility, love and grace. That choice means that I don’t sacrifice my dignity, that I don’t wound my pride. I will choose. Yes, I will choose to remember what an arrogant little jerk I was at that age. I will choose to remember how many advantages I had that these kids don’t. I will choose the way of a servant.  And each act of grace and humility and sacrifice I choose will further illuminate the gulf between the way of Christ and the way of self, will expose the corruption of ego and pride, will light a candle of light and love against the darkness of our world.

I’m just not there yet.

Today at the Mission