“Let the believer in God and the Day of Judgment honor his guest.”
Question for Meditation: How does what you believe affect how you treat others?
Month: August 2019
“He went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: ‘A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”
Question for Meditation: How are you preparing your heart to welcome God?
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.”
Question for Meditation: When has someone made you feel cared for? How can you pay it forward?
“I am sorry sometimes to see a kind of little-mindedness where there ought to be more generosity and simple trust.”
Question for Meditation: Who can you be generous to today?
“Hospitality means we take people into the space that is our lives and our minds and our hearts and our work and our efforts. Hospitality is the way we come out of ourselves. It is the first step towards dismantling the barriers of the world. Hospitality is the way we turn a prejudiced world around, one heart at a time.”
Question for Meditation: Today is the first day of classes. What can you do today to show hospitality?
“In the cherry blossom’s shade
there’s no such thing
as a stranger.”
Question for Meditation: Take time today to recognize what you have in common with those near you.
“He said to them in reply, ‘Whoever has two tunics should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise.’”
Question for Meditation: What do you have that you can share?
“Love has hands to help others. It has feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has ears to hear the sights and sorrows of men. This is what love looks like.”
Question for Meditation: What can you do today to show love to those you meet?
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
Question for Meditation: When was a time you could have been kind this week and felt as though it wasn’t possible?
“Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.”
Question for Meditation: What does this look like?
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