December 5, 2010
Befriend Your Enemies
Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them.- Is 11:6
Advent is a time of preparation… a time to prepare ourselves for the coming of our Lord. How do we prepare ourselves? We need to clean out all those cobwebs that may be holding our hearts back from truly uniting with our Lord’s heart and spirit.
Please take a moment now and think about all the people you know and think about how many you have had quarrels with or feel they have done you an injustice. Are there unresolved feelings? Do you hold grudges? OR…Do you befriend your enemies and pray for them? Preparing the way for the Lord to enter your heart means you also have to clean out your hearts and minds of things that could put up a road block to receiving the Lord.
In today’s reading from Isaiah, the wolf lies down in peace with the lamb. Are you the wolf or the lamb? It truly does not matter whether you are a wolf or a lamb… you have the chance TODAY to be friends with all you have had disagreements with. TODAY pray for patience to deal with those who trouble you and tomorrow reach out to someone in your past or present with whom you wish to forgive or ask for forgiveness. Hate, holding grudges, animosity saps the energy you could be using for love. This Advent make it a point to reach out to someone before Christmas… Clear out your hearts from all who trouble you and make room for the love of the Lord.
God Bless, Holly Clark
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