An old blog post that I forgot to post

About five years ago I made a mission statement for my life that is located somewhere in a notebook, somewhere in my closet back in NY. I've never committed it to memory, but it has impacted my life to some degree. 

It's mostly based off the passage in Matthew 25: 31 - 46 about the sheep and the goats, and specifically based off the verse Matthew 25:40 which says, "And the King will answer and say to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." NKJV

Who are the "least of these" anyway? I think that there would be a group of people that we would generally label "the least of these". Maybe people who are really poor, or disabled. I guess I always had an idea in my mind what the "least of these" really meant....and to a certain extent, that idea is true....but there is another aspect that I never really thought about. I think that anyone who I am struggling to love for any reason could be the "least of these". In God's eyes each person is important and unique...so important that if someone did the smallest thing for them in God's name it would be as if it were done for God Himself! God doesn't see people as greater or lesser...aren't we the ones deciding that?

I don't know....just some random thoughts....but it got me thinking. The "least of these" doesn't always just mean the blind beggar lady who sat in the park in Tlaxiaco....it's anyone that I struggle to love and accept because I don't deem them important enough for my love. And if loving and serving the "least of these" is my life mission statement, then I need to start applying it to all areas of my life.