Bryan Robledo’s Reviews > Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community > Status Update

One can joyfully and authentically proclaim the Word of God’s love and mercy with one’s mouth only where one’s hands are not considered too good for deeds of love and mercy in everyday helpfulness.

Those who look at other Christians should know that they will be eternally united with them in Jesus Christ.

“Nobody is too good for the lowest service,” he wrote. “Those who worry about the loss of time entailed by such small external acts of helpfulness are usually taking their own work too seriously” (p. 78). Even the smallest task could remind the brothers that God’s ways were not always their ways.

“How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!” (Ps. 133:1)

Once individuals have experienced the mercy of God in their lives, from then on they desire only to serve. The proud throne of the judge no longer lures them; instead they want to be down among the wretched and lowly, because God found them down there themselves. “Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly” (Rom. 12:16).