1/5/10 c-blog,DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME DISCIPLINING YOUR WILL FOR GOD, BUT FOCUS ON GOD's LOVE M." Problem is people approach loving God in a manner that is deficient..wrong way..they think its a. Matter of disciplining your will..to consciously commit

1/5/10 c-blog,DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME DISCIPLINING YOUR WILL FOR GOD, BUT FOCUS ON GOD's LOVE  M." Problem is people approach loving God in a manner that is deficient..wrong way..they think its a. Matter of disciplining your will..to consciously commit yourself to loving God,,,most of the time this pursuit fails..the reason as John tells us..."in this is love...it is not that we have loved God but that He loved us & sent His son for expiation of our sins..whatshe talking about..remember whn you were young..how did you learn to love your parents..basically..infants are self-centered..natural self-centered..life is focused on you...hungry..cry..moments later...focus on you..done for you..at that age we are self-centered..how learn to focus on others, parents, brothers sisters..we learn...b/c we see & feel the love..free of charge..the response is to give love back..that is what John speaks about in this first reading..not that we loved God but God loved us & sent His son for expiation for our sins..when we realize this truth..that we are only able to love God because He loves us first...if anyone declares he loves God but cannot give me one example of how God has shown an act of love to you..I call you a liar..the only way to love God is to see that He loved us first..if really want to love God..don't waste time disciplining the will...rather find the moments in your life when yu felt God helping you...then You can tart loving Him back..like chikldren do their parents..message that He loved us first...sent His Son..realize grace...love in return"

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