Scripture: Psalm 25:16
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
Thought for the Day: I’ve always been struck by the words of Mother Teresa who said, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” She had witnessed economic poverty and physical suffering like I could never imagine, yet isolation was in her experience that greatest impoverishment. Could it be that replacing loneliness with relationship, the experiences of marginalization with community, would lead to a world without the needless suffering she dealt with daily? I don’t know if it would entirely rid the world of such evils, but I must believe the difference would be remarkable. When I am in relationship with another human being, suddenly the other’s needs become my needs. And my abundance becomes the other’s abundance. The end result is something Jesus would like to see a bit more often.
Prayer: Help me to broaden my vision of what the family of faith looks like, O Lord, so I can assist in the realization of Christ’s community here on earth. Amen.
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Thanks for being a beacon of encouragement as we strive to look through a lens of love!