Divine Intervention (reject, Creator, beliefs, minority, creation)

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Originally Posted by dbakerman76

You are definitely reading me to literally. I mean simply that when we live lives of love we are God's hands, eyes, ears, mouths. To see ourselves as puppets is to diminish our own role in the world. We are free to ignore the quiet voice of God within us all (as many often do).

Ah, gotcha. Well then, put that way, I agree with you 100%. I like the way you phrased this.

Originally Posted by shaktinah

"Christ has no body on earth but ours, no hands but ours, no feet but ours. Ours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ looks out upon the world, ours are the feet with which he goes about doing good, ours are the hands with which he blesses his people." --St. Teresa of Liseau

Just substitute God for Christ if you prefer. That's what she means anyway, since Christ was God to her.

I've always liked that quote

[dbakerman76]

Originally Posted by shaktinah

"Christ has no body on earth but ours, no hands but ours, no feet but ours. Ours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ looks out upon the world, ours are the feet with which he goes about doing good, ours are the hands with which he blesses his people." --St. Teresa of Liseau

Just substitute God for Christ if you prefer. That's what she means anyway, since Christ was God to her.

I like that quote a lot. Its the perfect summation of my own belief (after you do the substition as I don't believe Jesus and God are one).