This is a part of a series of devotions based on: God Was In This Place & I , i Did Not Know - by Lawrence Kushner.
The precious uniqueness of each creature makes them all equally beloved. You want to be like God? Start by trying to love all creatures with equal love! Get your self out of the way.
The first time I read this it really hit me how different we are from our God. To love all creatures with equal love!...can that be? I think we have all the necessary rhetoric, but I think their is still quite some distance between rhetoric and reality...in my case at least. As much as we may try, it is not easy to see the presence of God in others. I think we can do it in a "general" fashion, but when it comes to that individual in the room with me right now...loving all people equally is a pipe dream. And yet, we are invited into such a reality. We are invited to reach out and encounter and come to some understanding of the worth of another person so that we may find what love really can be. Love of neighbor is very specific and pushes us to be very general. Love of neighbor is ignited by the power of the Holy Spirit for we tend not to have such passion for the love of others. In that sense, we cannot be like God...for we are in constant need of God, the Holy Spirit, to bring us into relationships that can be expressions of love and compassion.
Connection: Is it possible to "get your self out of the way" and begin to love the neighbors you encounter today. Even at work...at home...at play!
Wind of Life, send us into this day refreshed by your Holy Breath and gifted with eyes that can see the precious gift you bring into our day in the shape of those around us. May we find ways to love one another and reflect your glory. Amen
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