Saturday 2 October 2010

Loving the God in Others

When we meet someone who has hurt us, take a pause in the hassle and bustle of the day.
When we meet someone we cannot stand, take a pause in the hassle and bustle of the day.
When we meet someone we hate us, take a pause in the hassle and bustle of the day.
When we meet someone who is weird, temperamental, hostile, rude, nasty, unappreciative, demanding, selfish, inconsiderate, judgemental and humanly impossible to love, take a pause in the hassle and bustle of the day.

Take a pause in the hassle and bustle of the day and reconnect with the God in our hearts and in our lives. Recognise that these people who we find it so impossible to love are, like us, created by God, loved by God and are children of God. 

If we love God, and we see God in these people, then we must "learn to love God differently". We have to choose to love these people, though difficult to accept and live out this challenge, but is made possible because "God is always there to give us all the graces and strength we need to live in His ways." And to love others not because we feel all lovey dovey towards them but because we firmly know and accept that this is what God wants us to do for Him. And we do this in total surrendering of our limitations and sinfulness, in complete obedience to God's Holy Will. 

Quotations 
"An Appreciation of Ignatian Spirituality & A Glimpse of Jesuit Spirituality" by Fr. Philip Heng,S.J.

02 October 2010
8.47am

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