If anyone wants to be first.

He must make himself last of all and servant of all.

Is this what for we thirst.

Or do we resist the call .

Be sincere of heart and be steadfast.

And do not be alarmed when disaster comes.

What is our answer, we have been asked.

The question is not shouted out but comes in hums.

Whatever happens to you, accept it.

And in the uncertainties of your humble self be patient.

Start by following holy writ.

But of course in the end, we are impatient.

We may be tested in the furnace of humiliation.

But we are all equally just part of creation.

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Are we patient

And are we also humble

Of course we are not

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See Mark9 : 30-37 and Ecclesiasticus 2 : 1-11