Me: He was fussin’

Prodigal: I know, sometimes things get difficult.

This is from the book No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton

We can either love God because we hope for something from Him, or we can hope in Him knowing that He loves us. Sometimes we begin with the first kind of hope and grow into the second. In that case, hope and charity work together as close partners, and both rest in God. Then every act of hope may open the door to contemplation, for such hope is its own fulfillment.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org