Sunday, September 26, 2010

Poor in Spirit

I found this treasure this morning.

"In conversation, the disciple who is truly poor in spirit always leaves the other person feeling, My life has been enriched by talking with you. This is neither false modesty nor phony humility. His or her life has been enriched and graced. He is not all exhaust and no intake. . . . He listens well because he knows he has so much to learn from others. The poor in spirit . . . get along well with sinners. "
--Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel (Multnomah 2005), 81

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