Love people even in their sin, for that is the semblance (appearance) of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth. Love all of God’s creation, the whole and ever grain of sand of it. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants; love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Once some one told me, “all truth is God’s truth”. Many people believe in many different religions around the world, and say that they believe in different things then us “Christians” do. What we as Christians need to understand is that we don’t know it all. Nor will we ever know it all; until we ascend into heaven. But if we realize this (that we don’t know everything), and believe it, that will set us apart from others. If we understand that there is no way to know every truth about God, or every truth about life, then we will be able to see truth all around us. You can even see truth through the eyes of an atheist. Love everything around you, and God will show you his truth. Center your whole life on love, and you will see Jesus. Because he told us that he is the way, the TRUTH, and the light. All truth is God’s truth, no matter whose mouth it comes from.
Most of us believe that there is some secret to God. That one day we are going to dig something up, or read something new in the Bible, and all his secrets are going to be revealed to us. Some people believe that you need to do good deeds to understand God. Or that you need to pray every day, and he will reveal himself to you. What these people don’t understand is that there is no answer. What they don’t understand is that this reality that we are living in, this “life”, is God. It’s not a matter of problem-solving; it’s a matter of consciousness. Open your eyes, and enjoy the NOW, because that’s God. Understand that you can’t earn God. You can’t prove yourself worthy of God. Feelings God’s presence is simply a matter of awareness.
This is a conversation between a Zen master to his disciple…. Listen to this truth.
“Is there anything I can do to make myself enlightened?”
-“As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.”
“Then of what are the spiritual exercises that you prescribe?”
-“To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise.”
Father, help me open my eyes. Help me love my life; because love is the core of happiness. Love is the center and circumference that makes this pitiful world spin. If only we all knew that, think of how fast it would twirl with your truth. God I pray that I become more aware and more in tune with the reality around me. Then I will be able to see you with eyes that are my own. Eyes that shine light through the soul of my body, and reflect on my heart. Because when I am full of your light, I am full of love; I am full of you. I love you father, thank you for my life…..
1 comment:
hey buddy! nicely done once again...i needed that...especially the part where you said to enjoy the NOW...how often does it happen that we get soo wrapped up in what's going to take place in the future that we lose sight of what is taking place now...and even the other day when i was sooo overwhelmed with teh future...to stop and be gratiful and excited about the now...as well as to embrace the love that god does show, so that i can in turn show that love to others...thanks for that chris! god definitely uses you as an encouragement! love ya buddy and see ya soon!
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