"Small Worlds Cause Small Souls"
How big is your soul? Have you fed your soul today? Are you giving your soul the experiences it needs to be a healthy soul?
Beth Haynes Butler, my too smart wife and I were just discussing the content of the Mark Twain quote I shared a bit ago. That quote had to do with travelling and how fatal that experience is to racism, bias and prejudice. We were contemplating the fact that people who live in small world's must have small souls. How, you may ask, does that work?
If you live in your own small little world, refusing to experience people who are different from you, you have not allowed your soul the opportunity to experience many things that are beautiful in the world. How easy is it to hate someone, who you have grown to know, truly know?
Can't physically travel, due to any myriad of reasons? That's okay, God gave us the miracle of the internet, so we can reach out and make friends from any culture, sexual orientation, political party, etc all over the world, that you can think of. Why not use this magnificent device to reach out to someone you have never experienced? Fear is found in ignorance, but if you spend your time learning about others, ignorance disappears.
Pick your favorite sin, NOT! We are all sinners under God. So please do not let your hatred of those who may have one more obvious sin, keep you from loving them. If you are sinless, go ahead and throw stones but I don't think Jesus maintains an FB account so I think we all qualify as sinful.
How about we just concentrate on Jesus' Ministry. How about we go out and find those who may not be feeling His love and give them a great big cyber hug, raining love down on them! Why not stop bashing those things we dislike so much, and promote the love God gave us to in turn spread around to not only the least of these, but the disenfranchised, the disenchanted, the alienated, the unaccepted.
A little love goes a long way, so won't you go out and find someone new to show the love of Jesus tonight, tomorrow, next week and beyond. Could you make it a practice to show that love to another new person every day, week or month? WOW! What a concept; if every Christian just started a ministry of LOVE!
People will not listen to you, if they do not feel you genuinely love them. Otherwise, your words fall on empty ears and hollow hearts. Make your words count by embodying love.
God's Grace Be with You,
Fr Charles
How big is your soul? Have you fed your soul today? Are you giving your soul the experiences it needs to be a healthy soul?
Beth Haynes Butler, my too smart wife and I were just discussing the content of the Mark Twain quote I shared a bit ago. That quote had to do with travelling and how fatal that experience is to racism, bias and prejudice. We were contemplating the fact that people who live in small world's must have small souls. How, you may ask, does that work?
If you live in your own small little world, refusing to experience people who are different from you, you have not allowed your soul the opportunity to experience many things that are beautiful in the world. How easy is it to hate someone, who you have grown to know, truly know?
Can't physically travel, due to any myriad of reasons? That's okay, God gave us the miracle of the internet, so we can reach out and make friends from any culture, sexual orientation, political party, etc all over the world, that you can think of. Why not use this magnificent device to reach out to someone you have never experienced? Fear is found in ignorance, but if you spend your time learning about others, ignorance disappears.
Pick your favorite sin, NOT! We are all sinners under God. So please do not let your hatred of those who may have one more obvious sin, keep you from loving them. If you are sinless, go ahead and throw stones but I don't think Jesus maintains an FB account so I think we all qualify as sinful.
How about we just concentrate on Jesus' Ministry. How about we go out and find those who may not be feeling His love and give them a great big cyber hug, raining love down on them! Why not stop bashing those things we dislike so much, and promote the love God gave us to in turn spread around to not only the least of these, but the disenfranchised, the disenchanted, the alienated, the unaccepted.
A little love goes a long way, so won't you go out and find someone new to show the love of Jesus tonight, tomorrow, next week and beyond. Could you make it a practice to show that love to another new person every day, week or month? WOW! What a concept; if every Christian just started a ministry of LOVE!
People will not listen to you, if they do not feel you genuinely love them. Otherwise, your words fall on empty ears and hollow hearts. Make your words count by embodying love.
God's Grace Be with You,
Fr Charles
No comments:
Post a Comment