what’s my score?

I was tempted this morning—no, not merely tempted, I actually did it—to pray, “Lord, I’ve been disobedient in many things, but I’ve been obedient in the ‘big’ things, haven’t I, Lord?”

“What would you call loving Me with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength? Is it a little thing?”

“Oh Lord, no.”

“And is it a little thing to love your neighbor as yourself?”

“It is a very big thing, Lord—especially when I try to include you-know-who.”

“These two things are all I require. Do them and you will have fulfilled all the law.”

Silence. So much for my self-righteousness.

“Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

-Elisabeth Eliot