"Hesitant on the fringes of the battle. 'They're done for,' said Bernard and, urged by a sudden impulse, ran forward to help them; then thought better of it and halted; then, ashamed, stepped forward again; then again though better of it, and was standing in an agony of humiliated indecision- thinking that they might be killed if he didn't help them, and that he might be killed if he did...." (page 214).
All that I could think of when I read this quote was Jesus. This little excerpt reminded me of when Jesus was speaking to crowds and all of the Pharisees and Sadducees despised it. They all thought that the man had gone mad because he was teaching things in which they did not understand. In today's society, people tend to hate what they cannot explain or comprehend. So, everyone wanted the madness to stop and wanted Jesus killed. And the people associated with Jesus: oh! They were frightened to be killed themselves! They cared too much about their own status, their own lives. They just refused to help out their dear friend. Isn't this story the same as Jesus'? Isn't this just so fascinating how the two correlate with one another? Why do we care so much about ourselves? Why are we afraid of our own fate? It's just so silly, isn't it? Similarly to Jesus, John preached his inner thoughts even though the people didn't understand what he was talking about. He wanted to make a difference in their "world" because he hated the lives they were living. In today's world, we need to change the ways that we are living our own lives and live for purpose in order to make a difference. We must live how we were called. We must love how we were called to love.
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