You and I, each of us needs and wants to be loved. At a very deep level we all have a selfish need to be loved. When we are not loved, or at least, we do not see how we are loved, we feel abandoned and alone. We misbehave in all sorts of ways, drink, drugs, sex, violence, anger. Our so called ‘developed’ modern society, with all it’s technology, consumerism and busyness hides and does not serve our basic human needs, especially our need for company and love.
We will never find the solution in science or human cleverness. We must return to a more natural way of life, a simpler way, an old fashioned or traditional, a time tested way. I am not condemning the marvellous achievements of the medical profession or engineers, but building a better widget does not heal a broken heart or a lonely person.
You and I must eschew the world and focus on the things that are God’s. We live in God’s creation, he know’s what we need. We need to relax, let go and let God. Trust God.
We must not be like Oliver Twist asking for more. Whether, or not, we are asking for food, computers, cars, or more faith as in the gospel. Where the apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith'. Luke 17:5
We are asked to “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ... and to ...‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’” Matthew 22:37
If you and I love a little, we will soon see the love showered on us by God, and all the love around us. We would start to heal society. This week Pope Francis said the Roman Catholic Church must strip itself of all "vanity, arrogance and pride" and humbly serve the poorest in society. Pope Francis
We will never find the solution in science or human cleverness. We must return to a more natural way of life, a simpler way, an old fashioned or traditional, a time tested way. I am not condemning the marvellous achievements of the medical profession or engineers, but building a better widget does not heal a broken heart or a lonely person.
You and I must eschew the world and focus on the things that are God’s. We live in God’s creation, he know’s what we need. We need to relax, let go and let God. Trust God.
We must not be like Oliver Twist asking for more. Whether, or not, we are asking for food, computers, cars, or more faith as in the gospel. Where the apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith'. Luke 17:5
We are asked to “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ... and to ...‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’” Matthew 22:37
If you and I love a little, we will soon see the love showered on us by God, and all the love around us. We would start to heal society. This week Pope Francis said the Roman Catholic Church must strip itself of all "vanity, arrogance and pride" and humbly serve the poorest in society. Pope Francis
He also said "The Church, all of us should divest ourselves of worldliness. Worldliness is a murderer because it kills souls, kills people, kills the Church."You and I can put aside our "vanity, arrogance and pride" and love a little, find more love in doing so and help heal this world we humans are destroying. We can bring others to feel love too.
"Without divesting ourselves, we would become pastry-shop Christians, like beautiful cakes and sweet things but not real Christians,"
