Spiritual Eyes

"Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people." - Mother Teresa

I generally have little problem loving the people I meet. I simply love people, even when they disappoint me. I know I will feel ever so much better once I am able to move out of this house which is now too expensive for my budget. My lease isn't up for six more months and I sure don't have enough money to put a deposit onto something else right now anyway. Oh, God...I need a job and I know you know that, God.

Real hope is never found in our attempts to influence God or change God into our way of viewing things. Real hope is found in God whose ways are not like our ways. God demands repentance, not merely feeling sorry, but a change of direction, a change of how we perceive things of this world.

The question is, "How do I do this?" What would this look like in my day? Am I so committed to the way things are that I can’t see God the way God really is? Do I hear my voice and my wishes instead of hearing Gods voice and Gods wishes?

I always thought that I perceived things of this world in a spiritual way and yet...surely I didn't when I signed onto this lease? I don't need a house this big nor this beautiful. I don't "need" half of the things I own. God's ways are not like our ways. All I need is to love...to love better...to love more.

Lord, help me to love more...help me to love better. Help me. O Lord.
Amen.