"And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole."
Luke 17:19
Reading this verse today, what strikes me is that our faith in God is part of our wholeness... which is actually a huge concept and why God often talks about being "one" I think. We are part of God and he is part of us on a very real level, and when we walk away from him or ignore him, we are losing a part of ourselves. Extending that a little, we are part of each other, and when we hurt someone else we also hurt ourselves. The two great commandments, then, are in part self-preservation, because loving God and everyone else is the way that we love ourselves and ensure that we remain whole. ... And don't we all feel that sometimes? It hurts us when we hurt others, and if we're sensitive to the spirit, we feel an absence when we do things that effectively reject God. We harm ourselves when we sin.
Something to think about today. Let's work on wholeness today by being loving and compassionate and remembering that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. We need God, and each other.
Luke 17:19
Reading this verse today, what strikes me is that our faith in God is part of our wholeness... which is actually a huge concept and why God often talks about being "one" I think. We are part of God and he is part of us on a very real level, and when we walk away from him or ignore him, we are losing a part of ourselves. Extending that a little, we are part of each other, and when we hurt someone else we also hurt ourselves. The two great commandments, then, are in part self-preservation, because loving God and everyone else is the way that we love ourselves and ensure that we remain whole. ... And don't we all feel that sometimes? It hurts us when we hurt others, and if we're sensitive to the spirit, we feel an absence when we do things that effectively reject God. We harm ourselves when we sin.
Something to think about today. Let's work on wholeness today by being loving and compassionate and remembering that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. We need God, and each other.
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