Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time. Jesus to Saint Catherine of Siena “I require that you should love Me with the same love with which I love you. This indeed you cannot do, because I love you without being loved. All the love you have for Me you owe to Me, so that it is not of grace that you love Me, but because you ought to do so, while I love you of grace, and not because I owe you My love. Therefore to Me, in person, you cannot repay the love which I require of you, and I have placed you in the midst of your fellows, that you may do to them that which you cannot do to Me, that is to say, that you may love your neighbor of free grace, without expecting any return from him, and what you do to him, I count as done to Me, which My Truth showed forth when He said to Paul, My persecutor - 'Saul, Saul why persecute you Me?' This He said, judging that Paul persecuted Him in His
Reminds me of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. We have to be faithful to our calling, to the purpose God has given us in life. That means using our time well. Now I have to examine my conscience about frittering it away.
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ReplyDeleteThere is little doubt that we all waste some of the valuable gift of time God has given us. From where I sit, I see a loving generous servant who gives generously of her time and talent to the Lord she loves and serves. Great to hear from you.