Question of the day: How does accepting God's love change us?
God's love is total, unconditional, absolute and forever. The state of grace- God's attitude toward us- is eternal. We are the ones who change.
Sometimes we are able to believe that God loves us unconditionally, absolutely and forever. That's grace! And sometimes because we get down on ourselves, and carry guilt and fear and burdens, we are not able to believe that God loves us. Biblically, that's the greatest sin: not to believe the good news, not to accept the unconditional love of God. When we no longer believe God loves us, we can no longer love ourselves. We have to allow God to continually fill us. Then we find in our own lives the power to give love away.
from The Great Themes of Scripture, p. 107
current mantra: I know and believe the love God has for me.
This entry comes from a daily meditation email from Richard Rohr. It came to me from my pastor to an email list I'm on. It is good for me to hear things like this every once in awhile, indeed it's probably good to hear them every day. I may get told this everyday, but I know I don't hear it. Sometimes you just need to stop and listen.
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