Several lessons I learned about love as I observed holiness in others have helped me move toward God.
Let reverence be the guiding force in your entire life that directs your gaze toward the mysteries and wonders of life; as you observe God’s patience and mercy let your goodness in your actions and words be a persuasive witness to the power and the glory. We must remember to always share the gifts that God presents to us. Let grace always accompany your part in any conversation; season your thoughts with compassion and love. When a man’s heart and mind are filled with reverence for God, his entire life overflows with the fruits of hope, faith, charity, humility, diligence, patience, his entire life inspires him each day to love God more than he did the previous day, inspires others to imitate the goodness in his gestures and speeches, to move one or two steps closer to God,
How empty is a life without humility! (and yet humility is often absent or distant in many modern lives). As Christians in our lives . . . God requests that our daily lives be filled with a natural humility, with an undying kindness, with a glorious patience, with a brightly beaming diligence, with a heavenly charity, with a joyous temperance, and with a victorious chastity. Here, then, are some of the attributes of our faith which when applied to our daily lives will improve them by helping us to love ourselves, each other, and God with a more perfect, beautiful profundity. The humble man possesses and displays his faith and love in his gestures and sentences, but who is inwardly and radiantly rich in blessings and rich in hope. Nothing in our lives remains so unbelievable that humility cannot encourage understanding, tolerance, and compassion. Our lives must have humility. We must remember to have obedience for God’s laws. Humility and obedience are allies with each other, they provide strength for all Christians when we practice them out of love and faith.
And obedience challenges independent thinking minds, reminds us that God has given each one of us free will which we use with every decision; understanding is not always ready made for us but our lives provide opportunities to learn about how to serve the Lord. Obedience may be perplexing sometimes; a lawless, selfish heart calculates how to enjoy all types of earthly temptations, earthly vices by stabbing into the fabric of God’s love and mercy with all types of knives, daggers, and swords. Obedience to God is sometimes difficult. Many ecclesiastical texts have been written about this subject. Man’s frailty will allow him to be disobedient at noon; man’s frailty will encourage him to be obedient at nightfall. Such is the cycle of knowledge, hope, and love. Obedience is the foundation of faith, as all goodness and holiness are formed in our silences, our gestures, and our actions. The finest obedience is a blessing that which serves God joyously and accomplishes beautiful, divine things. Obedience is learned and improved each day of our lives.
In your prayers please remember to continually ask for God’s help with reverence, humility, and obedience.
I was waiting for the next installment ;^) When I go to confession, I simply now focus on what gets in the way of love. What are the blocks and hindrances that prevent me from being loving and generous? I can weed'em about, but they creep back, weed'em out, again, watch'em creep back. Slowly, slowly, I learn... Thanks for sharing!
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