http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:34:22 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1608 deirdre Fri, 29 May 2009 20:04:09 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1608 <p>wonderful Shaun.  thanks for letting us in on this story. </p> wonderful Shaun.  thanks for letting us in on this story.

]]> http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1607 Shaun Groves Thu, 28 May 2009 19:05:56 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1607 <p>Mother Teresa - from what I can glean from a biography we’re reading right now - served the rich as well.  She believed everyone suffered from spiritual poverty and that the rich needed her as much as the poor - and that they both needed each other.  So, no, I think the “important people” needed Mother Teresa that night as much as the poor at her Home for the Dying - just in different ways. </p> Mother Teresa – from what I can glean from a biography we’re reading right now – served the rich as well.  She believed everyone suffered from spiritual poverty and that the rich needed her as much as the poor – and that they both needed each other.  So, no, I think the “important people” needed Mother Teresa that night as much as the poor at her Home for the Dying – just in different ways.

]]> http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1606 anon Thu, 28 May 2009 17:48:45 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1606 <p>just a thought… do you think that if the people who threw her a recption had truly understood her passion, they wouldn’t have invited the dignitaries and the “important people,” but the poor that she so willingly served? </p> just a thought… do you think that if the people who threw her a recption had truly understood her passion, they wouldn’t have invited the dignitaries and the “important people,” but the poor that she so willingly served?

]]> http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1605 noelle Thu, 28 May 2009 17:44:16 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1605 <p>not that I’m Mother Teresa, but I remember when I was a waitress, the best tip I got was from an elderly couple who tipped me $2. It meant a lot for the same reason. Going out to eat was a treat for them and they probably couldn’t afford the tip, really. generosity is always a huge honor. </p> not that I’m Mother Teresa, but I remember when I was a waitress, the best tip I got was from an elderly couple who tipped me $2. It meant a lot for the same reason. Going out to eat was a treat for them and they probably couldn’t afford the tip, really. generosity is always a huge honor.

]]> http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1604 RevJeff Thu, 28 May 2009 14:58:51 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1604 <p>Jesus told a similar story in Matthew 12 </p> Jesus told a similar story in Matthew 12

]]> http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1603 eugene Wed, 27 May 2009 20:49:53 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1603 <p>Powerful.  Thanks. </p> Powerful.  Thanks.

]]> http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1602 misty Wed, 27 May 2009 19:33:20 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/05/to-be-honored-by-men/#comment-1602 <p>This was such a huge gift this man gave Mother Teresa. She knew the importance and the magnitude of his seemingly small gift. He gave her everything he had. <br /> If only all our hearts were as giving as his. </p> This was such a huge gift this man gave Mother Teresa. She knew the importance and the magnitude of his seemingly small gift. He gave her everything he had.

If only all our hearts were as giving as his.

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