Article September 29, 1986 ISSUE

To be a second miler

UDAI B. HOFFBERG

A friend had asked me to do an extreme favor. Outwardly I was gracious enough, but inwardly I was growling and knew I had to pray. I thought about going the second mile as Christ Jesus advised in his Sermon on the Mount.

In those days of Roman rule, a non-Roman was required by law to carry a Roman soldier's gear for one mile upon request. Jesus said to go with him voluntarily a second mile.

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