Thursday, July 9, 2020

Our Mission

Frankly and starkly, Jesus commissions his Twelve to proclaim that the kingdom of God is at hand. (Mt 10:7-15). The same mission is in our hands and "Without cost you have received, and without cost you are to give." (Mt 10:  8). We are not all gifted with the ability to cure people physically, but we can temper spirits caught in fear, doubt or overt or covert self-hatred through our gentle, kind, sincere and loving interaction with them.  Most people seem to have a poor image of themselves seeing themselves as unlovable and having nothing to contribute.  Not so. We are all blessed with some unique gift, but often it takes interaction with someone else to see it and accept it. There's where our role as "missionary" takes hold.  We can listen, give feed back an express our confidence in the one who has the poor self-image, and like the apostles who healed physically as well as spiritually, we can help others discover their gifts and above all come to know that God loves them in a way uniquely suited to them.
Bro. Rene

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