If one does not learn more about his faith, his faith will not stand strong. Reason---our desire for truth---is needed to enrich our spiritual life; as much as our reasoning (secular, that is) is enlivened---given purpose---by the spirituality of our faith. In perspective, Benedict XVI mentions: “If man were merely a random product of evolution in some place on the margins of the universe, then his life would make no sense or might even be a chance of nature. But no, Reason is there at the beginning: creative, divine Reason.” God made us with his creative love: for a purpose, for a reason; to be in Love, to be in God. Our Creator perfectly desires for us to believe in Him and gradually deepen our divine love relationship with Him through Christ in the Holy Spirit. John 15:9 says, "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love." We have to stay in love, "stay in God." One who has not God's inexhaustible love, will be exhausted with life. Love will propel us to understand our reason for being. Our continuos understanding of our faith will make us excellent people; for now we can work, serve, and relate beyond the motivation of incentives but from a realization of our God-given role in this world.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Build On The Goodness God Has Gifted You
There is a self-imposed pressure people set on themselves in becoming like their predecessors, specially when the one before them was very gifted. Yes it is right to emulate the strengths of previous leaders, but to be burdened by becoming like them might not be God's purpose for you. Build on the goodness God has gifted you.
Things to remember when God calls you to lead:
1. God has called your predecessors for a specific purpose, for a specific time, matching their specific gift. This means God wants to accomplish something else in your term. Something uniquely matched to your gifts as well.
2. Know your strengths, and build on them. If you are an artist, build on your knack for design and expand from there. If you are hardworking and persevering, then build on it and grow from that quality. If you are a visionary, express what you see and let others gravitate to the bigger picture.
3. Let love be the reason for all that you do. Any ordinary thing done out of love becomes extraordinary. This, I believe should be felt to the ones you are leading. And the rest of the details will just flow.
"I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another (Romans 15:14)."
Things to remember when God calls you to lead:
1. God has called your predecessors for a specific purpose, for a specific time, matching their specific gift. This means God wants to accomplish something else in your term. Something uniquely matched to your gifts as well.
2. Know your strengths, and build on them. If you are an artist, build on your knack for design and expand from there. If you are hardworking and persevering, then build on it and grow from that quality. If you are a visionary, express what you see and let others gravitate to the bigger picture.
3. Let love be the reason for all that you do. Any ordinary thing done out of love becomes extraordinary. This, I believe should be felt to the ones you are leading. And the rest of the details will just flow.
"I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another (Romans 15:14)."
