Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him.
1 John 2:15-17 – Peterson, Eugene H.. The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language . The Navigators. Kindle Edition.
Who would have thought when I wear a mask I don't hide behind it but instead flash a broad smile: you are important to me when I stay home self-isolating I reach out: I care for you this much Who would have thought when I deny myself bear the inconvenient cross before me (the world behind me) I follow my Maker embracing the world and you Whoever would have thought or said such a thing?
dw
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2 replies on “Self-isolation”
Beautiful, dw. Also True.
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The contemplative life is a life of self-isolation; in that sense, it fits the cultural moment well! Thanks for the reminder that going deeper with God simultaneously expands our awareness of the needs of others.
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