Do not be too quick to assume that your enemy is an enemy of God just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy precisely because he can find nothing in you that gives glory to God. Perhaps he fears you because he can find nothing in you of God’s love and God’s kindness and God’s patience and mercy and understanding of the weaknesses of people.
Do not be too quick to condemn people who no longer believe in God, for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice, your mediocrity and materialism, your sensuality and selfishness that have killed their faith.
Thomas Merton New Seeds of Contemplation
Perhaps you are the only best example of your faith, he has or will encounter. Be the person you wish everyone to be.
I was told that our enemies are here to help us be better people; and, the things we dislike in others may be the flaws we dislike about ourselves. Who knows? ❤️
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Yes very true I recognize that as common in human nature
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Ouch.
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I would add that,in my opinion, we don’t or can’t recognize characteristics that we don’t have ourselves
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Reblogged this to my sister site, Success Inspirers World
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Thank you!
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