A Doorway

Figuratively speaking,
this door may seem small.  But as
I’ve heard once before, “small doors lead into big rooms. The “room” I’m describing
below is called character, maybe even righteousness…..       
Help me Father to get this!!: 

 

“The way you are with
others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.”

 

Understanding triggers
the compassion that makes forgiveness possible.  Author Stephen Covey recalled an incident while taking the
subway one Sunday.  “On a quiet
ride through New York City a man and his children burst onto the train.  The children ran wild, shouting,
screaming, and wrestling, while their father made no attempt to intervene.
Finally Covey turned to the father and said, ‘Sir, perhaps you could restore
order here by telling your children to come back and sit down.'” 

 

“I know I should do
something,” the man replied.  “We
just came from the hospital.  Their
mother died an hour ago. I just don’t know what to do.”

 

“Our hearts of stone
become flesh when we learn where others weep.”

           

“How I respond to
interruptions from people I dislike; how I deal with ordinary people in their
ordinary circumstances on an ordinary day will speak the truth of who I am more
poignantly than the pro-life sticker on the bumper on my car.”

 

“The way of tenderness
avoids blind fascination.  Instead,
it seeks to see with penetrating clarity!”

 

Oh help Me Father, and
remind me that I have been forgiven much. 
My eyes have been getting better, but I still long to see more clearly,
to see others as you see them and to love them as you continue to Love me!

 

*Quotes are taken from Brennan manning and “The Hurricane (the boxer)”…….