God lives and works today, and he longs
to live and work in our hearts, so
that we may be reconciled with him and
each other.
Today's meditation by Basilia Schlenk shares what happened
when somebody dared to take the first step
of reconciliation and let go of grudges.
Be reconciled.
Don't be estranged from anyone.
Go to the person who bears a grudge
against you, or against whom you bear a
grudge, and let love be victorious.
Then the kingdom of heaven will begin.
As we all know, the bitter end of
one cucumber can make a whole salad bitter.
Among the guests on our little land of
Canaan was a woman whose whole life was
bitter because she had one bitter place in
her heart, bitterness toward her old sick mother.
It seemed as though there was no solution
to the problem.
However, during our conversation, the light of truth
fell into her life, turned the guilt relationship
around, caused tears of repentance to flow, and
showed her the next step.
When she returned home, she brought her mother
a bouquet of flowers.
What was spoken between the two of them
we don't know, but this we do know.
The mother had made life difficult, not only
for her daughter, but also for many others.
She had many enemies in the village.
But now that love had conquered the bitter
relationship between mother and daughter, the other relationships
could also be set aright.
Since the mother was bedridden and couldn't go
to the others for reconciliation, she sent her
daughter to the individual neighbors to beg their
forgiveness.
That began a wave of reconciliation which swept
through the entire village.
For just as the bitterness of one cucumber
can permeate a salad, so a single candle
can fill a whole room with light.
This testimony is a call to us to
clean out the house of our heart, to
let go of our grudges against others, and
to let Jesus' love be victorious.
For the love I lack, O Lord, give
love to me.
It was for love you called and called
it me.
O fill my heart with the tender love
so true, with which I, too, may show
mercy just like you.
Lord, love like this give me.
Give me your love, your sympathy with all,
filling each sorrow, Lord, O hear my call.
Dear Lord, you know me, I lack such
tender care.
Give me compassion, all grief and pain to
share.
Lord, love like this give me.
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