Nature enjoys having a crowd of relatives and friends, prides herself on the family tree and a distinguished background. Nature flatters the rich and caters to those in power and approves those who share the same opinions as herself.
But grace behaves differently, for she loves even her enemies, and does not boast of having a large circle of friends. She cares not for rank or birth unless joined with greater virtue. She favors the poor rather than the rich; and has more in common with the simple and the innocent than with the influential.
From "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas A. Kempis
Pray for Jon and Family
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