God Meets You Where You Are
Even though God is always calling us to constant conversion and growth, and even though we are imperfect and sometimes sinful people, God loves us as we are now. As Fr Anthony de Mello, SJ said, “You don’t have to change for God to love you.”…you are loved even in your imperfections. God already loves you….
Jesus often calls people to conversion, to cease sinning, to change their lives, but he doesn’t wait until they have done so before meeting them. He enters into relationship with them as he finds them> He meets them where they are and as they are.
….Do you find joy through nature? Look for God in the sea, the sky, the woods, and the fields and streams.
(Excerpts from The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life. 2010. HarperCollins. James Martin, SJ)