I feel the Love of God within me now.
To feel the love of God within you is to see the world anew, shining in innocence, alive with hope, and blessed with perfect charity and love.
My day was much less stressful today than yesterday. The problems of yesterday, the heaviness in my heart, the tears in my eyes were replaced with steps toward resolution. "The journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step."
Today I experienced an amazing and unique opportunity that embodies this lesson beautifully. I work in a multi-cultural environment - with people from upwards of 30 different national origins. This is a tremendous opportunity that never ceases to surprise, delight, and astound me. The personal stories of loss, torture, sacrifice, dogged-determination, love, and hope abound.
We have a group of the 'Lost Boys' of Sudan who work for us. A couple of days ago, one of them invited me to attend a celebration of their independence (The Republic of South Sudan), today, July 9th. The celebration was held at a local church. I had no idea what to expect. I entered a room at the church and looked upon a group of folks (most from the same company I work for) from all over the world. There were several from South Sudan, but North Sudan, Morocco, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Mexico, and the U.S.A. were also represented. The man who invited me opened the celebration by asking a church representative to say a prayer, then the man began to invite attendees to come forward and say a few words about South Sudan's rebirth and independence. He invited me first. I felt both surprised and honored. The celebration was emotionally profound. Reflecting upon the fear, the great loss, the tremendous suffering those young boys experienced - some have no idea what their birth dates are, they've witnessed and suffered painful and heart-wrenching torture, they've lost loved ones, and have adjusted to life in a foreign country. Each of them are clearly grateful to be in the United States of America, but what an incredible sense of relief for them to see this day!
They truly saw the world anew today - shining in innocence, alive with hope! And I had the great honor of sharing that hope, of basking in that innocence, of looking at the world anew! May God's Love fill our hearts and bring peace where there is turbulence and strife.
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