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Grow a Spiritual Garden – Day 4

Cultivate charity.

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

MATHEU 25

37“Ke moo ba lokileng ba tla mo araba, ba re: ‘Morena, ke neng re ileng ra o bona o lapile, yaba re a o fepa; kapa o nyorilwe, ra o fa wa nwa? 38Ke neng re ileng ra o bona o le moeti, ra o amohela; kapa o hlobotse, ra o apesa? 39Ke neng re ileng ra o bona o kula kapa o le tjhankaneng, ra o tjhakela?’

40“Kgosi e tla ba araba, e re: ‘Ruri ke a le bolella, seo le se etseditseng e mong wa bao ba banyenyane ho bana beso, le se etseditse nna.’

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LUKA 14

22“Mohlanka a re: ‘Monghadi, ke phethile taelo ya hao, feela ho sa na le sebaka.’

23“Monga mohlanka a re ho yena: ‘Tswela ditseleng le meterong, o ba qophelle ba kene, hore ntlo ya ka e tle e tlale, 24hobane ke a o bolella hore ha ho le ya mong wa banna bane ba neng ba memilwe ya tla latswa dijo tsa ka.’ ”

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The minute we forget that all people are created in the image of God, and are not just souls or bodies, we lose sight of the one who is suffering. But if you love your neighbour, as Jesus commands us to do, we cannot help but be concerned about them. We can risk letting people unlike ourselves into our lives, by practising the kind of hospitality that breaks social rules restricting us to our own class because we are doing it as if we were doing it for Christ.

According to our Christian belief every person has an inalienable worth as a person. Man, woman and child have all been created in the image of God. And if you believe this, let it become evident in all you do.

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