Category: lectio divina

2015.07.13: the human experience

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. – Mt 10

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

this life we live is not our own
it doesn’t belong to us
any more than we belong to this world

the human experience is to awake
naked, helpless, and vulnerable
totally dependent on others

forgetting who we are
and where we originate
we must find our way home

like salmon fighting the current
or monarchs navigating the winds
we must live with greater purpose

as the teacher taught and modeled
in laying down our lives in service to others
we will have life in abundance

2015.07.12: the key

as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love – Eph 1:4

the key to all things
has always been love
ever since the beginning
when we were all chosen

we were given to him
and he was given to us
but we were also given
the freedom to choose

to believe or not believe
to trust or not trust
to follow or not follow
to love or not to love

we were chosen in love
will we choose to love?
the key to being holy
will always be love

2015.07.09: servant of God

It was really for the sake of saving lives
that God sent me here ahead of you. – Gen 45:5

Joseph, a servant of God
cooperates in His plan
listening with open spirit
discerning His will
allowing God to act through him
turning calamity into triumph
and rejoicing in the goodness
a model for those who follow
 
am i a willing servant of God?