Friday, October 18, 2013

Reflection

Day 5


Reflection
Dietrich Bonhoeffer*, a martyr for Christ during the Nazi regime, said, “God loves human beings. God loves the world. Not an ideal human, but human beings as they are; not an ideal world, but the real world. What we find repulsive in their opposition to God, what we shrink back from with pain and hostility, namely, real human beings, the real world, this is for God the ground of unfathomable love.” 

Read Psalm 139 and Romans 5:8.

 Meditate on this quote and on these passages for a moment, and then answer these questions:

Is there anything inside me would make others, or even myself, shrink back from with pain and hostility, that God finds worthy of loving?
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Is there a Spiritual Pathway that I have that others might not understand?
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 Is there a Learning Style or Spiritual Pathway that others have that I shrink back from in judgment?
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As I consider the Signature Sins of others, can I truly believe that God loves them with an unfathomable love? Why, or why not?
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As I consider my own Signature Sins, can I truly believe that God loves me with an unfathomable love? Why, or why not?
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What have you seen the Lord do in your life this week?
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Are there any ways in which your thinking has changed in regards to spiritual growth?
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Reflecting on your previous answers, what do you think the Lord wants you to do in the future?
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