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Everyone reads this and wonders -- am I sheep or am I a goat? I think the thing to take away from this is the importance of serving the poor. Jesus never wavers in this request -- how do our lives join with God's unending love, particularly for those on the margins of society? There's certainly plenty of ways to read this and soften the impact, but it's good for us to read this and ask ourselves tough questions. Do our lives, how we spend our time and our money, point to God's love for those who might be cast out of parts of society? Do we notice the poor and the needy? Do we care for them?
And if not, do we need to ask ourselves some tough questions and perhaps re-examine our priorities?
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