Thursday – July 21, 2022
SCRIPTURE
John 14. 27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
WORDS OF HOPE
Ripples in a Small Pond
Consider peace. Lao Tzu gave the formula for peace when he said, “If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart.”
The individual directly affects the world. When there is war in the heart, there is war in the world. Each individual has the power to affect this world positively or negatively, and either way, we have to live with the consequences.
When a person has no values, the world will have less values, and in the end, our world will have no value. We are plagued with corrupt world leaders because it is us who are creating them. Unless we realize that we are all living in a world made smaller by our connectedness and that one pebble causes ripples in the whole of a small pond, then the world will never be at peace and the surface of the water will never be still. When you do not value life, all life, everything alive will be in danger from you.
The gravity cannot be underestimated because your life and what you choose to do with it, matters. Believe that you can affect this world, change this world, and better this world. We are contagious creatures. Our love is just as contagious as our hate. The common denominator behind Lao Tzu’s formula was you and me.
PRAYER
Divine Spirit,
As the world suffers from one plague after another, we realize that we are all connected. Help us to live with love towards all that You made. Give us the grace to love ourselves and be at peace. Bless You Great Spirit. Amen.
DEVOTION AUTHOR
Jonathon McClellan
Order of St. Francis and St. Clare
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