How Might We Be Guilty of Not Sharing the Love of God?

How Might We Be Guilty of Not Sharing the Love of God? 

Eileen Renders                                                     March 2024

   Temptations from the Evil One are often called insidious and cunning and often cause us not to recognize his evil and negativity. Often, he tempts not by outright recognizable mortal sins, but in subtle ways that become repetitive and take away from others what is rightfully theirs.

   An example might be as follows; Jesus speaks to our heart and graces us with certain specific types of understanding that pertain to how we make choices. In other words; should God speak to your heart and shower you with grace and understanding in a particular matter to one of your loved ones, yet you fail to expound on the very significant importance of that message being that we all must share the grace, wisdom and understanding as we know it that has come from God above, then we are probably not the right benefactor for receiving such graces, or blessings from God.

   God is love; God is sharing. If we have received a calling to serve Christ through teaching and sharing, and yet desire to keep our relationship and closeness to ourselves, we are not serving God. Just as God shares with those who go to him often, we too must share with others who have yet to understand how to go to Christ, and how much he truly desires our company.

   It may be a strong temptation to say to ourselves; “Jesus speaks to me, or Jesus inspires me, I am special to him.” That temptation comes from Satan as God does not accept Pride as it is sinful. Jesus loves and longs for humility in us. To do this for our brothers and sisters because we truly want everyone to give God the love he deserves, and to also feel the love of God within their hearts.

   Satan is cunning and baffling and can lure us into turning our weaknesses into sin in trying to raise ourselves up in the process. God is love and mercy, and we are weak and imperfect, all of us. We were born into sin. The only person born without sin was God’s mother. Always keeping the thought within our hearts that the more we give, the more we share, the more God will entrust us with.