Who are you mad at today? Disappointed in? Frustrated with? Perhaps a family member, coworker, neighbor, spouse or child? Perhaps a political figure or member of an opposite political party? Someone of a different faith or lifestyle?
That person (or persons) is the very person God is calling you to love, to pray for, to reach out to. That is your Ninevite; that person you don't want God to reach but whom God loves dearly despite your disdain. That is the person God tells you to go and make peace with and to love.
That is your person in the road that God calls you to be the good Samaritan to; He wants you to make a difference for Him in their life. Whether through constant and loving prayer, acts of kindness and charity, outreaches of love and forgiveness, or open communication and warmth.
God is calling you. Examine your heart, seek out who you hold a grievance against, who you actively dislike and who you consider to be different than you. Those are the very people God has placed within your life so that you might learn to love them with His love and grace.
God's grace be with you,
Fr. Charles Butler
That person (or persons) is the very person God is calling you to love, to pray for, to reach out to. That is your Ninevite; that person you don't want God to reach but whom God loves dearly despite your disdain. That is the person God tells you to go and make peace with and to love.
That is your person in the road that God calls you to be the good Samaritan to; He wants you to make a difference for Him in their life. Whether through constant and loving prayer, acts of kindness and charity, outreaches of love and forgiveness, or open communication and warmth.
God is calling you. Examine your heart, seek out who you hold a grievance against, who you actively dislike and who you consider to be different than you. Those are the very people God has placed within your life so that you might learn to love them with His love and grace.
God's grace be with you,
Fr. Charles Butler
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