{"id":14631,"date":"2019-04-18T02:48:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T02:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/andre\/?p=14631"},"modified":"2019-04-18T02:54:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T02:54:56","slug":"the-least-of-these-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/andre\/sole-significance\/the-least-of-these-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Least of These"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Once upon a time there were two brothers and they lived with their aging mother.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Every night one brother would devote himself to care for his mother, serving her with patience and tenderness.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The other brother, a devout sincere religious person spent his evenings in prayer and worship of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">It came to pass that one evening the religiously devout brother had a dream.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this dream he heard the voice of God say to him:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u201cWe have forgiven your brother, and for his sake, we have also forgiven you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The brother gasped in incredulity. \u00a0\u201cWait! What?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I have given my life to prayer and passionate worship, but my brother, he has just taken care our our mother.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>So let me get this straight, you are forgiving <em>me<\/em> for his sake?!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">In reply, God said, \u201cthat which you do for me, I don\u2019t need.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But your mother needs what your brother does for her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">- Kharaqani, a retelling from a translation by Omid Safi. 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