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Everything Love? - A Critical View ...

Monday, September 20, 2010. We talked about a new way of thinking recently. We talked about loving those who cause pain. Perhaps you think this is mad. Perhaps you think it is really difficult … somehow fancy stuff, but not realistic. We need some critical evaluation of these things!

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Sometimes it is difficult …

We wrote recently “Jesus invites us into a new way of community. He wants our relationships to be based on truth, on trust and on love.” But: that is not the reality. Our relationships are not based on truth or on trust or on love.

We might trust someone, but he hurts us. We might give, but he takes and does not want to give. People do not necessarily act truthfully. There are many you cannot trust - not only those who are violent. There is a lot of crime that is daily in our news, in our courts. There is all the fraud and and theft.

Things are even more difficult when we realize that sometimes not only those steal who we expect to steal, but even those who seem to be reliable. What if reliability is not widespread? What if everyone looks after his own interest first?

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Be on the watch …

Jesus does not ask us to be blind. We should realize that the world is as it is - it is good to accept the facts. An important part of the insight is that the world is not full of love and truth. Our structures and our behavior needs to reflect this fact. People will continue to be egoistic. They will try to take as much as they can. They will steal and will not be reliable.

We are asked to be careful and to be smart (Matthew 10, 16 ff). But there are those who are different, those who follow the Lord. And there is the Lord with his unlimited possibilities. In the community of believers we will find the trust and help, which Jesus asks his disciples to live.

My own conclusion is that I really need to look towards the Lord. Only with him I find complete trust. And in his company I find the strength to deal with the more difficult features of our daily life, with the people who disappoint my trust and with my own failures. ... more texts

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