Our daily mission brings us into contact with all kinds of people, different beliefs, different experiences, different morals, and different ways of accepting the gifts and challenges of life. In following in the footsteps of Jesus, we agree to embrace all of humanity as he did. He removed all barriers between himself and whoever came into his life, failing only with those whose hearts were not open to receive his embrace. The Pharisees opposed him, denied, him, feared him, and sought to destroy him. He reached out to them, he challenged them, and he scolded them, as he longed to embrace them. They refused. So it is with us. We will not touch or have a positive effect on everyone, but somehow, our peacefulness, our lived witness rather than our words, will make an impact that might reach fruition only years down the line. We are tempted to give up, wondering if our kindness will have any lasting effect on people. It is not ours to judge, it is ours to keep opening our hearts and allow God's grace to work through us. It is God's grace that will open hearts. Let our open hearts be the channels for that grace.
Bro. Rene
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