A love that welcomes
our side-tracked neighbour, friend, brother or stranger, and forgives again and
again.
The love that celebrates
with a sinner who returns more than with a thousand righteous, and gives itself
to God with it’s all its intelligence and goods to enable him to demonstrate
the prodigal son's happiness for his return.
A love that does
not fit and will not be measured.
How quick am I to complain about my neighbours,
their way of doing things, their opinions, and their character? At best I am
rather polite about it, but the bottom line often is: they really have to
change! But that’s not how god loves me! His love is best be compared to a
mother’s love making all the excuses for her children no matter what, defending
the indefensible!
If I believe that God loves me
immensely, without end, always, no matter what why should I not believe that
that love is also expressed in the gift my brother/sister in the present
moment? I can’t do this on my own, but I can do in communion with the others.
Then, I have the light to see the immensity of God’s love for me despite the
appearances also in the other!
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