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Have you ever thought about reality? And love? I know — “Here he goes again,” right? Bear with me, I really think there’s a connection, and it’s important.
In your mind, try and go back to the day you were born. Just sit for a moment with the knowledge that God, who made that day possible, knew you and had anticipated that day since the moment of creation. That’s right — you and I and everyone else are a part of that story we read in Genesis.
God created everything, and he said, “It is very good.”
He was very pleased with his work when he looked around and saw all that he had done, including each one of us today. He knew who he had created in each of us: images of himself.
So what do we do along the way? Do we come into this world, and as we live and grow, somehow convince ourselves that we are unlovable? I wonder. And if this is the case, is that why we find it so hard to reach out to others in love? After all, it’s said you can’t give what you haven’t received — but we have!
Now, about that reality thing ... just think about it. Wherever you are in life at this moment, without regard to anything you may be burdened by, God looked at you at that moment of creation and said, “It is very good.” That is real, and true. Everything we have allowed to blind us to that — feelings of inadequacy, rejection and fear — all of it is illusion that prevents us from seeing what God saw that day.
In Matthew’s Gospel (Mt 5:43-48), Jesus calls us to love everyone, especially those who the world says are not lovable. They are — we are — lovable. God said so a long, long time ago. That is real, and true.
So then, have I stumbled across something to pray about? Maybe I should ask that the layers of blinders that keep me from seeing the person God created in me will begin to fall away. When they do, maybe then I will be able to see what God sees in me and everyone else.
This guest editorial was written by Steve Seitz, a parishioner of St. Louis de Montfort, Fishers.