Wednesday
But I can say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who
hate you.
Luke 6:27
Wednesday
Prayer
Christ Jesus, loving the hard to like should be easier than
loving my enemies. Yet finding even the smallest amount of love for prickly
people is hard for me. Lord, you have
placed many diverse people in the life.
Some of the people I deal with on a daily basis are a joy to be around;
some of the people I deal with on a daily basis are everything but joyful. Give me unending love as I carry the crosses
of my relationships. Show me how to love hard-to-like people. Amen.
Wednesday
Meditation
Different people remember a similar illness, accident,
success or surprise in very different ways, and much of their sense of self
derives less from what happened than from how they remember what happened… Most
of our human emotions are closely related to our memory. Remorse is a biting memory, guilt is an
accusing memory, gratitude is a joyful memory, and all such emotions are deeply
influenced by the way we have integrated past events into our way of being in
the world. In fact, we perceive our
world with our memories. Our memories
help us to see and understand new impressions and give them a place in our
richly varied life experiences.
-
Henri Nouwen
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