Thursday, First Week of Lent
THURSDAY, FIRST WEEK OF LENT
We Are Sent Into The World
In
everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law
and the prophets. Matthew 7:12
If you dare
to believe that you are Beloved before you are born, you may suddenly realize
that your life is very, very special. You become conscious that you were sent
here just for a short time, for twenty, forty, or eighty years, to discover and
believe that you are a beloved child of God. The length of time doesn’t matter.
You are sent into this world to believe in yourself as God’s chosen one and
then to help your brothers and sisters know that they are also beloved sons and
daughters of God who belong together. You’re sent into this world to be a
people of reconciliation. You are sent to heal, to break down the walls between
you and your neighbours, locally, nationally, and globally. Before all the
distinctions, the separations, and the walls built on foundations of fear,
there was unity in the mind and heart of God. Out of that unity, you are sent
into this world for a little while to claim that you and every other human
being belongs to that same God of Love who lives from eternity to eternity.
Father, I
am called to be your child. Today I will look closely at the quality of the
faith you have given me – and marvel. What a miracle! You have chosen me.
Henri J. M. Nouwen, Renewed FOR LIFE
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