Our Earthly Test
Read: Luke 10:29-37
“To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of the most widely read novels of all time. But for me, Harper Lee’s most memorable words aren’t in her classic; they’re in the biography “Mockingbird,” written by Charles J. Shields. He recounts a speech Lee gave at West Point in 1965.
As she addressed how soldiers might respond to their new environs, she delivered a message that guides me today.
Lee said our response to people who are difficult to accept or respect “represents our earthly test.”
“These people enrich the wonder of our lives,” she said. “It is they who most need our kindness, because they seem less deserving. After all, anyone can love people who are lovely.”
Dave Versical
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