Lenten Musings... Day 4

So there wasn't a day three due to the observance of a digital sabbath, which was very nice there were some times though that I definitely wanted to check my email or Facebook.

"Many people believe that they are beyond God's love.... God's love is not cut off from anyone. However diabolical the act, it does not turn the perpetrator into a demon. When we proclaim that someone is subhuman, we not only remove for them the possibility of change and repentance, we also remove from them moral responsibility." (G.H.a.D. Tutu, pg. 10-11)

Are there things about you or things you have done that you sometimes believe make you unlovable? Are there things that others have done to you that you think make them unlovable to God? Can you see them as God does, with love, as precious, as his children?

There were... there was a time when I couldn't go to church after I got home from Iraq. I just knew that my actions over there had removed me from God's love, it took a couple of months of a lot of personal struggle and pain, before I let myself be forgiven by God. I was very lucky to have a Priest who showed me that I wasn't beyond God's love or forgiveness. At this point I really have forgiven the people who tried to kill me and my Soldiers, there is far too much evil in this world for me to hold onto hate. I struggle at times and the pain of friends lost is heavy to bear, but we are all God's children and we need to treat each other as such.