It surprised me a bit to find myself reacting so strongly to those words.


I could not fathom how such obnoxious statements could be uttered. Or maybe I was not as surprised as I should have been, because it sits in nicely with my understanding of him.


I start to wonder whether this lowly view extends to people of great faith, people who have rendered a great service to the world, and to God. Or whether he thinks so highly of himself that such works are filth to him. On what basis does he have thoughts, I wonder.

"The first will be last, and the last will be first."

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

"And now, who has won? Fool, did you think that by all this you will save the human traitor?...Understand that you have given me Narnia forever, you have lost your own life and you have not saved his. In that knowledge, despair and die." The White Witch, from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Don't even start to compare, because there is no comparison. If nothing was too lowly, too unworthy for him, then nothing should be for me.

Less than the least of all mercies.