Last Will Be First by Amma Susan Sep. 20, 2020
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Mt. 19:30; 20:16) Some of you may relate to this childhood scenario: the school bell rings and we all flood out of the classroom onto the playground for recess. Before the ‘fun’ game of kickball can take place, the team captains firstly choose the most athletic and skilled to ensure the best possible combo for a win. The elite pool shrinks down until only a few undesirables remain. I was usually amongst the last chosen…Besides other physical attributes that didn’t measure up, I was a bookworm and the teacher’s ‘pet’. Plus, I was a girl! And most of us were always chosen last. I wished I’d remembered the Bible verse from today! “The last will be first and the first will be last!”