Yesterday, my husband and I were going through a grocery store. I saw a woman who had a harsh looking face. To me, she looked like a scary person. I wouldn’t want to approach her and try to talk to her because she looked like she would be mean to me. When I had this thought in my head, almost immediately, I also had the thought that everyone has God’s light within their heart. As I looked at this woman who looked like she would yell at any stranger who dared to speak to her, I realized that within was a beautiful loving heart that contained the light of God.
Although I haven’t reached the level of self-actualization where I automatically look at my brothers and sisters in Christ and I can just see the light of God within them, I feel like yesterday, I saw that I was making progress. I am becoming a person who is starting to see the light of God in everyone I meet whenever I see them. I may not do it all the time and in every circumstance, but I hope that the more I practice the better I will become. At least, I can try. I know in my heart, there is a spark of the divine within each of us.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
