No Time To Become Complacent
When we are tempted to think ourselves "better" than our sinful neighbor, we would be well advised to recall these words of St. Augustine:
Monday Musings - Made In His Image
We are often prone to despair and self-pity. We are quick to abandon fundamental Truths when confronted with adversity. We forget that we are the adopted children of God and think that He has abandoned us. We don't believe that He has a plan for our lives or that with Him all things are possible. We refuse to believe everything that God allows in our lives is intended to assure our eternal salvation. So we avoid Him at all costs and go to people, places and activities that can never make us truly happy. We convince ourselves that we don't need God. We so despise ourselves that we hang our heads low, fearful of seeing an image of ourselves in the glass panes of the store fronts we walk by. But we must look up. We must look into the cracked windows of our souls so that we can see ourselves as God sees us - as unique, magnificent treasures made in His image . Once we open our eyes to this Truth, ...
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