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1 - READ THE WORD
Build your own life in the Lord's Love
“Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.”
Romans 15:2
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2 - Reflect
"We who are strong must bear with the weaknesses of the weak" says the Bible. Therein lies your strength. You will have to be patient and rise to the occasion. Life will test you, not once, but a thousand times. How many times have you felt tested? How many times did you feel you were falling and could not get up? How many times was your patience exhausted and you thought you could no longer be tolerant with others?
Well, in those moments God asks you to give yourself to your neighbor, that the bad things pass and the good things remain, like those trees that cling to the earth, the trunks that endure frosts, droughts and devastating winds.
You are that tree, the one that can withstand any context, because the strength is not outside, but within you. This is how God created you, in his likeness, strong and powerful, with a heart full of Love and tenderness, with the incomparable strength of eternity and holiness.
Think of a building. We start by thinking about it, at first it is just an idea. But then we start to gather the materials: bricks, lime, sand, cement, enclosures, paint. We got together with others, we can't do the building alone, we need others. Now we are a group of people collaborating on a mission: to make a tall and beautiful building.
You need time, you need the materials to settle, you need everything to dry. There will be sunny days and rainy days, when everything will cost more. However, with effort and willpower you will be able to do it. Think of that building as your life. It is built brick by brick, step by step, day by day. Be patient. The building will take all your effort, but it will be worth it. Trust in God.
Well, in those moments God asks you to give yourself to your neighbor, that the bad things pass and the good things remain, like those trees that cling to the earth, the trunks that endure frosts, droughts and devastating winds.
You are that tree, the one that can withstand any context, because the strength is not outside, but within you. This is how God created you, in his likeness, strong and powerful, with a heart full of Love and tenderness, with the incomparable strength of eternity and holiness.
Think of a building. We start by thinking about it, at first it is just an idea. But then we start to gather the materials: bricks, lime, sand, cement, enclosures, paint. We got together with others, we can't do the building alone, we need others. Now we are a group of people collaborating on a mission: to make a tall and beautiful building.
You need time, you need the materials to settle, you need everything to dry. There will be sunny days and rainy days, when everything will cost more. However, with effort and willpower you will be able to do it. Think of that building as your life. It is built brick by brick, step by step, day by day. Be patient. The building will take all your effort, but it will be worth it. Trust in God.
