Mr Rhino teaches us about Symbiosis and Servanthood

At church we are talking a lot about servanthood. Sometimes certain christian cultures make the language of losing self and taking up cross sound very degrading and diminishing. Of course, these phrases Jesus uses are about counting cost - but they are also about counting benefit - finding self, finding real abundant life. We are not just servants of God but more, we are called friends and if its true that we are all created to live best when we are interconnected to God and each other then perhaps we have a whole wonderful world of symbiosis to discover! Now that's a big word - I'll let my daughter's favorite Rhino explain -