Mar
22
2020
By Anonymous (not verified)
"God does not see as a mortal, who sees the appearance." - 1 Sam 16:7
In the movie "The Frisco Kid," Gene Wilder plays a rabbi named Avram and Harrison Ford a bank robber named Tommy, who befriends Avram and helps him bring a Torah to San Francisco.
Tommy had used some of his ill-gotten money to buy himself a nice suit while Avram is disguised as a cowboy. The two are dining when a wealthy man approaches and asks in Yiddish if Tommy is the rabbi the town has been awaiting. Avram translates for his confused friend. With disappointment, the rich man says, "You're the rabbi? Funny, you don't look like a rabbi." Avram explains his disheveled appearance. He gives his references while he replaces his outer clothing with their Hasidic counterparts until he dons his Polish biber hat and admonishes, "And don't you judge people by their appearance!"
In today's readings, we see men judging by what they see. Appearances, of course, can fool us. Only God sees what is in the heart. Since the Garden of Eden (see March 1), man has allowed himself to be misled by appearances. What is the remedy? Consider today's epistle:
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord (Eph 5:8-10).
Prayer: Lord, may I make Your mercy visible to others.
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In the movie "The Frisco Kid," Gene Wilder plays a rabbi named Avram and Harrison Ford a bank robber named Tommy, who befriends Avram and helps him bring a Torah to San Francisco.
Tommy had used some of his ill-gotten money to buy himself a nice suit while Avram is disguised as a cowboy. The two are dining when a wealthy man approaches and asks in Yiddish if Tommy is the rabbi the town has been awaiting. Avram translates for his confused friend. With disappointment, the rich man says, "You're the rabbi? Funny, you don't look like a rabbi." Avram explains his disheveled appearance. He gives his references while he replaces his outer clothing with their Hasidic counterparts until he dons his Polish biber hat and admonishes, "And don't you judge people by their appearance!"
In today's readings, we see men judging by what they see. Appearances, of course, can fool us. Only God sees what is in the heart. Since the Garden of Eden (see March 1), man has allowed himself to be misled by appearances. What is the remedy? Consider today's epistle:
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord (Eph 5:8-10).
Prayer: Lord, may I make Your mercy visible to others.
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