A sentence I have often heard, read, and thought. A sentence I believe - otherwise I couldn't have committed to life in the monastery. But I have not yet internalized it in its full depth and consequence. Today, it was the withdrawal of sisterly love and human recognition that once again made me aware of how much I still cling to other things. Depend on them. On things that are not God.
God in all His triune fullness gives Himself to me, why is that not enough for me yet? What more can one wish for and hope for than His endless love? He inclines Himself to my heart and knows and loves me through and through. And isn't it precisely His presence that fills me and gives me strength? I can hope and build on Him - He does not let me down. He gives me everything I need. Everything I need to reach my goal: entering into His glory.
It's almost embarrassing how quickly one sometimes gives up hope. Especially the hope that someone will change. Then you quickly hear or say: That's just how she is - she's always been that way - and she won't change anymore. But giving up this hope means giving up on this person. Why should we do that when we know that God does not give up on any person, on any of His beloved children?!
I want to learn more and more to see my fellow human beings through God's eyes. To see the good that is already there, and what can still become.
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