23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
– Matthew 23: 1-12
It’s 12 : 30 PM on day 1511 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Songs of Songs 6, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, promote my Educate Generations campaign – Anonymous made a donation of $20 yesterday (thank you SO MUCH Anonymous your contribution and support mean the world to me 🙂 ) which brings my total raised to $770 only $1730 more to raise – feed myself bread with egg for breakfast, go to church and continue promoting my campaign – still on $770 but that’s okay things could be worse 🙂
This morning in church the reverend talked about the three criticisms that Jesus had of religious leaders in Matthew 23 and although the sermon wasn’t directed at me specifically from this day forward I’m going to try to do things in a way that draws less attention to me and more attention to God.