Seek and You Shall Find

a Lenten meditation:

If you are looking for a reason to be offended, you will find many.
If you are looking for a reason to be angry, it will appear.
If you are looking for evidence to embrace doubt and fear, your desk will be piled high with proof.

If you are looking for a reason to be thankful, you will be grateful for the smallest thing.

If you are looking for a reason to love the other, whether stranger or friend, your heart will overflow.

If you are looking for a reason to believe, then God will show you His presence.

Jesus said, "Seek and you shall find..." and it is true. The world is full of people, places and things awaiting our interpretation. Our heart is revealed by our thoughts and judgements. Our experience is a function of our mind and spirit.

Shall I love my enemy with mercy kindness, or seek to destroy him, or her?

Jesus chose the cross. He invited us to carry our own.

If you are looking for a reason to be offended, to be angry, to be filled with hate, you will find it. So why look for such things and destroy your soul?