"Everyone will know you are my followers, if you love one another." John 13:35
I pray that you are well want to invite you to a renewed sense of who we are and what we are about as followers of Jesus.
Everyone, including you and me, is walking around with a hole in their heart that can be filled by only one thing. Some of the holes are little. We're feeling a little lonely or left out. Something in our life didn't quite go the way we wanted it to go and we're disappointed. We're under the weather or aren't quite sure what's coming next in our lives and have a heightened sense of anxiety as opposed to peace.
Some of the holes are large. We have big holes in our hearts when we are grieving over the death of someone we love. We have large holes in our hearts when we there are troubles in our lives or in the lives of those we love. Our holes grow large when we're unemployed or underemployed or when the road ahead seems difficult and God seems somehow absent.
All of us have holes in our hearts and everyone you and I meet has some hole that is waiting to be filled with love and compassion from God and from God's followers - you and me. That's what Jesus claims to be the mark of discipleship, our love for one another.
And you know that makes a lot of sense with all of us walking around with holes in our hearts. We have an opportunity to help God fill other people's holes and hurts by showing them love and allowing God to fill the hole in our hearts by receiving love from others.
So the next time you see someone acting out or being rude or looking sullen, remember that that's the expression of the hole in their heart and find some way to offer love to them. And the next time you come to St. David's to worship or to participate in some activity or fellowship event, look for some way to love another person to help fill up their heart hole. If we will, then we will be known as Jesus' disciples and we will become heart healers and open ourselves to God healing our hearts at the same time.
Grace and Peace,
WFA
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