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ps from ps When I was a kid, I would strive to be in the 90th percentile. However, if I’m being honest about my past, all my high school/college/grad school/seminary teachers are probably laughing at that statement. If I was in the top 10%, I (and everyone around me) was actually surprised and excited. School wasn’t exactly one of my “spiritual gifts.” And yet in Luke’s gospel, the bottom 10% was just highlighted. Jesus said to the one that returned and gave thanks, “Were not ten made clean? Where’s the other nine?” But it’s a different type of 10%. It’s the thankful 10%. The one that recognized Jesus. The one that saw what God was up to. The one that thanked God for what just happen. The one out of ten. The 10%. So let me affirm for you….if you are in the 10%, maybe you’re not on the bottom. Maybe you’re dialed in to seeing God, stopping for a moment, returning to Jesus and giving thanks. So, what’s being that 10% look like for you today? How could your 10%-ness reconnect you to what God just did, is doing and will do in your life? What could your 10%-ness do for the world around you to invite them to have 10% type vision, 10% type action, 10% type thankfulness and 10% type praise in the world. For those of you struggling to try and make it into the 90th percentile….maybe it’s not all that’s it’s cracked up to be. “What can we do?” Maybe we strive instead to be part of the 10%. .Lord, help me change what I’m striving for and be part of the 10%. Amen. Still in One Peace, ps |
October 8, 2025
