White Robed Monks of St. Benedict

Chapter 15  Where I am there shall also my servent be (John 12:26)  

John 12:26:
If any man serve me, let him follow
me; and where I am, there shall also
my servant be: if any man serve me,
him will my Father favour.

    In the East, the servents eat at the table with their master, unless there are guests.
If a master and his five servants are traveling and they only have one room provided for them, the master and all his servants will sleep in the same room.
If the host gives the master a dish of fruit, He divides it among himself and his servants.
When traveling he treats his servants as equals.
     To "follow" Jesus as a servant starts by being acutely sensitive to his gentle promptins in our lives. For example, the Eastern servants were so familiar with their master that a command was given by the slightest jester of eye contact. The master didn't have to explain everything in detail, but only a nod or other body movement.

• Psalms 123:2
  Behold, as the eyes of servants look
  unto the hand of there masters, and as
  the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of
  her mistress; So our eyes wait upon
  the Lord our God, until that He have
  mercy upon us.

   

• The spirit's call for us today is also a slight
  prompting in most cases, not a loud voice or or any other getter.
  He shouldn't have to get our attention, we are to follow!

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