This was beautiful Sean, thank you. And 'Thank you, as always, for sharing your light with me that I might learn again to shine with you and everyone today'.
Thank you Sean for this beautiful reminder. In Matthew 5:43-48 Jesus tells us to love the people who persecute us. I used to look at that passage and think it made no sense. Love my enemies? What kind of craziness is that? But ACIM is helping me to see how much sense it really DOES make to love as God loves, and as you say “no matter how awkward it feels, no matter how apparently imperfectly we do it.”
I know that to love like this is transformative - and when I’m able love in this way it just FEELS right. I heard a speaker at a retreat years ago - an old and wise person in long-term recovery and a student of ACIM. He had once spent time in prison for violent crimes, but had experienced the kind of transformation talked about in ACIM. He said, “there was a time in my life when I would stick a gun in a guy’s mouth just for the thrill of seeing the look on his face. Now I can’t even think a bad thought about anybody.” It was a reminder to me that miracles are real!
Janice This brought up a memory. A host of a show at the end of the interview would ask 10 questions, the last being what do you think God would say to you at the pearly gates? I thought about that question and my answer came from the Bible. ..’ a voice came from heaven and said “ this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”. That is what I would like to hear. Now I would like to keep that as the thought to all. Thanks for reminding me.
Beautiful post brother, it’s easy to love and extend love to those we whom are kind and loving. However whenever we encounter someone less then that we close up.
This was beautiful Sean, thank you. And 'Thank you, as always, for sharing your light with me that I might learn again to shine with you and everyone today'.
Thank you Sean for this beautiful reminder. In Matthew 5:43-48 Jesus tells us to love the people who persecute us. I used to look at that passage and think it made no sense. Love my enemies? What kind of craziness is that? But ACIM is helping me to see how much sense it really DOES make to love as God loves, and as you say “no matter how awkward it feels, no matter how apparently imperfectly we do it.”
I know that to love like this is transformative - and when I’m able love in this way it just FEELS right. I heard a speaker at a retreat years ago - an old and wise person in long-term recovery and a student of ACIM. He had once spent time in prison for violent crimes, but had experienced the kind of transformation talked about in ACIM. He said, “there was a time in my life when I would stick a gun in a guy’s mouth just for the thrill of seeing the look on his face. Now I can’t even think a bad thought about anybody.” It was a reminder to me that miracles are real!
Janice This brought up a memory. A host of a show at the end of the interview would ask 10 questions, the last being what do you think God would say to you at the pearly gates? I thought about that question and my answer came from the Bible. ..’ a voice came from heaven and said “ this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”. That is what I would like to hear. Now I would like to keep that as the thought to all. Thanks for reminding me.
Beautiful post brother, it’s easy to love and extend love to those we whom are kind and loving. However whenever we encounter someone less then that we close up.