When we Rest, in prayer or contemplation, we are saying “yes” to God; when we Rest in the presence of others, we are saying “yes” to human relationships, and when we simply Rest with ourselves, we are saying “yes” to life itself.
Being a blessing simply means loving others as best we can. It requires actively listening to others, intuiting their needs, and serving them in whatever way we can.
Even though the Beloved breaks off the relationship or fails to reciprocate the love, so long as the Lover continues to love, the love remains.
It is only an illusion to imagine that one himself has forgiveness, although one is slack in forgiving others.
Only when we presuppose the existence of love in the other do we have the foundation in which to build up the love in the other.
Our Love is known by its Works of Love just as tree is know by its fruit. Luke 6:44
The task is not to find the loveable object, but to find the object before you loveable. To love is to love the person one sees.
To paraphrase Jesus (Matt. 7:24-27), a relationship can either be built on the rock of God’s love or the shifting sands of human preference.
This duty to love is blind to the identity of the beloved. Because of the imperative “shall”, this love is given unconditionally and equally to all persons without any distinctions. When we do our duty to love, we find our neighbor.
God becomes human not only to show his love for us but so we may fully reciprocate that love towards him.
