Today, being Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as well as World Farm
Animals Day, I’ve chosen the following quotation:
“It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of
God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary
compassion toward our fellow creatures.”
– Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)
Hindu pacifist, spiritual leader
I have heard that Gandhi was treated so rudely in a Christian church
that he later said that, except for the Christians, he might have become
one.
As a Christian I can imagine how it must grieve our Lord Jesus when
those who claim to be His followers treat others poorly. Another example
of this rude behavior is the way those who care about nonhuman animals
are marginalized and mocked in many churches.
Perhaps those who are so sure that they are “saved” would do well to
read their Bibles, particularly Matthew 7:21-23 and Philippians 2:12.
In Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus says:
21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is
in heaven.
22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform
many miracles?'
23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me,
you evildoers!'
In Philippians 2:12-13, the Apostle Paul says:
12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed – not only
in my presence, but now much more in my absence – continue to work out
your salvation with fear and trembling,
13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to
his good purpose.
For more quotations by Mahatma Gandhi, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/quotes/gandhi_mohandas.html
For a large collection of quotations, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/quote.html
Also, be sure to visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/alert/alert-20081002-2.html
