“What were you discussing on the way?” But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the Twelve; and he said to them, “If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Tuesday 21st May 2024 – MARK 9:30-37.
So, a man who has got a family (some men, to be precise), allows his needs to take the backseat and put forward the needs of their family as a priority.
Such men can manage a pair of shoes for upwards of five years without changing them.
Even their inner wears like vests and boxers are mostly worn. Yet they still manage them, washing them carefully by themselves so that another person may not tear them in the name of washing.
Nevertheless, their children still have the best of their required needs.
The children’s school shoes and uniforms are always usually complete and in perfect order.
Each child with neat set of new inner wears for each day as well as quality and good looking church clothes.
Even when he may just manage two meals per day, he would always ensure that other members of the family have at least three meals each day, together with in-between snacking.
He could even be the family laundry man and some how the barber as well.
Not forgetting that he would also be expected to do some bit of carpentry, electrical and plumbing works at home.
Also taking up other tasks like a massager, First aid, impromptu cook and the likes.
When he has a car, it automatically becomes the family’s own and he unofficially becomes the family driver.
Tasks like school runs, refilling cooking gas, market and hair dressing shop drop off automatically will be part of his chauffeuring assignments. Else, he may have to surrender his car for the family.
Even when he gets another car for the family, he will constantly be constrained to sometimes hop on a commercial motorcycle because his car was used to go out as fuel was completely used up in the other car.
Yet, with all these, he is still expected to remain a superman who never falls sick and an emotional masseur of the family.
That,☝️ my dear friend, is what it takes to be the greatest of all, the leader and the head. It is the service and servant of all Christ Himself makes reference to in today’s teaching.
Therefore, to those of us who are presently caught in such labyrinth, rest assured, we are just being leaders in the true sense of the word.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! ##Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo