Sincerity

When King Saul committed a sin of disobedience against God, God pronounced HIS just judgement against Saul. The Kingdom was given to someone whom God had found faithful and sincere— King David.

Later, when King David committed a sin of adultery against God, God did not reject him as a king of Israel, rather God forgave King David and maintained HIS faithful love— for God saw the sincerity of his contrite and repentant heart.

God is not to be fooled by our insincerity and pretence.

God delights in sincerity of heart.

With Honesty and Sincerity in our heart, we win God's Favour and Mercy.

Then whatever we offer as a sacrifice to God; whatever we resolve¹ to do; whatever good deeds we do in reverence of God and whenever we seek God's pardon, let it be all done sincerely and conscientiously in Love.

Surely, God of Faithful Love who takes delight in Sincerity and Humility², will have Mercy on us and listen to our plea.

1. The good resolutions that we keep to make amendments for our sinful life.

2. Humility of contrite and repentant heart.

The precious talent— Faith

The one precious talent that God has given us besides others¹, is  Faith.

God expects of us that we always trust in HIM and invest our Faith in deeds of Love and Mercy— and grow abundantly fruitful in every Grace.

Those who stubbornly refuse to believe in God and invest their only Faith that has been entrusted to them, are like the wicked and slothful servant, who wasted the one talent in vain.

1. Our good health; our wealth; our abilities (teaching; preaching; creative skills; inventive skills; care giving etc. ). We must contribute everything that God has blessed us with, to the greater good of our neighbour— so that God's Most Holy will is done and the Blessings of God's Eternal Kingdom descend upon us.

A legacy of good Faith

A tree lives up to its potential and  provides for its posterity with the best of its life.

Similarly, we must live our life conscientiously¹ in Faith; in Love; in Reverence and Obedience to God, leaving a legacy of our good Faith²–  an inspiration; an encouragement; a hope for future generations to grow upon.

What legacy do you leave behind for your posterity?

1. Strive to do everything perfectly to the best of one's ability— in the honour of God— no mediocre work.

2. A Faith that acts through Love and Mercy.

Life in Christ Jesus

Let the  spiritual virtues¹ grow greater²  in us and everything that is earthly become less.
Let not the worldliness³ dictate our life but rather Christ lead us and govern our life— let only Christ live within us.
Let Christ be our  everything⁴ and everything other than Christ count for refuse.

1. Virtue is like a spiritual yeast. By practicing a single virtue with the help of God's Grace, all other virtues are gradually enriched  and the whole dough of earthliness within us  is leavened by God's Sanctity.

2. Growing greater to the extent of Sanctity.

3. Our pride; our ego; our whims and vanity.

4. Let Christ be the treasured asset of our life. Knowing Christ; Loving Christ and living in Christ is of superior worth.

Be Humble

Humility turns away God's wrath from us.
Humility brings us closer into the presence of God, to enjoy HIS favour and to seek HIS great Mercy.
Humility makes us pleasing and acceptable to God.
Humility brings us on the path of Glory¹.
Humility submits itself to God.

The more you humble yourself before God, the more HE will make you prosper in everything that is good and praise worthy.

1. The path that leads to God's Everlasting Kingdom.

Believe in God and Trust in HIS Great Mercy

The ultimate aim of Jesus's Commandment of Love is to bring us¹ onto the path of Eternal life. The purpose of the Commandment is to govern our life in God's Grace and to discipline our weak human nature on the path of Truth.

But not everyone will be able to faithfully live up to the ideal and expectations of  Jesus's Commandment of Love— most will fall short in keeping up with the Commandment.

The most important aspect of Jesus's Commandment of Love, is to Believe in God and to Trust in HIS Great Mercy.

You may fall short in living according to Jesus's Commandment of Love. You may heap up  a mountain of sins over the years— but God's Great Mercy forgives them all.

Believe in God and Trust in HIS Great Mercy.

1. People of all Faiths.

In the house of God

Where there is vanity¹— there evil lives.
In a life of Love and Reverence and Sanctity²— there God lives.

1. A life devoid of faith in God; a life of pride which stubbornly defies God; a life of self-indulgence.

2. A life in which God is Faithfully believed and Reverently obeyed.